You have to make a big effort to try to have a life, and that's important to you only if you spent your entire childhood not having one,
I think every movie changes me and is life changing, especially movies you direct.
It doesn't feel like a long time to me. My life is full. I have new priorities. I've been working a long time, so now I do movies for a different reason than I did for much of my career.
They're not your movie star; they're not your big names. ... There's something about their work and their inner life that I just love and am so attracted to.
Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.
Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.
Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
I don't see anyone walking around with a puppet on his hand in real life. Puppet therapy is very common for children. It's not something that adults take on.
I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death sentence and a life sentence. And I want to live. What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? And the answer is always creativity. The answer is always art.
Once I had kids, my life with them became so significant, ... So something else has to really be important to drag me away. I have an identity that's very strong without being an actor. I don't need to do that just to be someone. I exist as a person without necessarily being an actor.
Once I had kids, my life with them became so significant,