“If I'm diagnosed with cancer I might become despondent, but someone young might …” — Gus Van Sant

My department is to get actors to do stuff.

One of the things that is devastating is I realise I haven't been living a different life than when I was, like, 12. I'm shocked at how reclusive I've been since then. I was unaware of it until recently.

Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.

In high school, I read 'Silas Marner' and I was very attracted to this character - he was very rundown and he'd just stop, and things would happen around him.