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I don't feel comfortable with violence, and I'm not sure that I film violent scenes properly, and it's something I'm reticent to do, and yet violence is sort of in all of my films.

But one of the hardest things for me to do was to access anger. I could do it on stage. But when I did it on film it was hard for me. That probably has to do with the intimacy of film. And my own personal issues with expressing anger. So I had to learn how to do that.

I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend.

Once you do something violent in a film, you don't have to do too much. You do it once and the feeling of violence just stays there, do you know what I'm saying?

There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.

I get emotionally attached with every film I do, and that stops me from being critical. I can't fight my emotions.

I guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies.

Some of my films are known for the depiction of violence. I don't have anything to prove with that any more.

I've been on the wrong end of violence, and I've done violence myself... I refuse to glorify violence in my movie and television roles.