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You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.

I've told people who have just started to make a film that the one thing you might experience is this feeling that everybody is conspiring against you, because you're not necessarily able to tell what's real and what's not.

That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it.

I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in.

I don't like artists who are actors. I like artists, but I don't believe in that.

I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.

If you can't fully believe in your ideas, it very quickly communicates to a group of actors who need something to hold onto. They need to believe that whatever criticism, whatever comment is received, is meant.

I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don't have misconceptions - they understand. I believe that.

I believe every time you film anybody, you create reality with that person - whether it's fiction or nonfiction.

Actors are real. It's a real skill, and it exists, and talent really exists.