I have an instinct for those kinds of people.
I don’t know if that’s in me I just understand them.
And I’ll never escape from that guy.
It changed everything for me.
And I became this other person.
My career took off.
I don’t take it seriously.
When I was younger, I had an ego.
But it gets in the way.
So I don’t hang out with actors I’m a loner.
Stella and I have a few friends, her friends, who come to the house.
I’m not big on research.
I used to be when I was younger, but now I don’t analyze it too much.
For me, acting is not hard work.
I read a part until I know the text so well that I can be very relaxed.
Some people like to do hundreds of takes.
I belong to the Clint Eastwood school: Just get on with it.
I’m a workaholic.
I read a lot.
It keeps the brain active.
I’ll go on working until I drop.
Stella is good at keeping me in harness.
I spend hours in the studio, painting, and she’ll come in and say, Enough.
I don’t have much common sense.
If the script is bad, I don’t do it.
But when the writing is this good, you don’t have to do much.
All I had to do was a slight German accent and learn Latin and Italian.
And I looked at photos and thought, Maybe I could look like him.
My life is an extraordinary series of mistakes.
I guess we’re guided by some inner force.
I’m where I’m supposed to be, and I’m very happy to be right here.
