“I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.”

“Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.”

“It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.”

“I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.”

“I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean.”

“I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.”

“I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.”

“I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.”

“It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.”

“As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.”

“Let how you live your life stand for something no matter how small and incidental it may seem.”