I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself.
Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful.
It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.
My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?
To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you arrive on screen with a past.
To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.
