Isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?

A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

Nice is the worst word.

Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking.

The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.

I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn't matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.

You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.

Be happy in your body. It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

My experience is that relationships can be difficult, hard work. I love to be in a relationship.

I love the acting process. What I don't like is what's around it. The auditions and being rejected every other day. The look thing. That you have to lose weight, that you have to do Botox.

I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be.

I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.

Usually I'm able to imagine something and it comes out as I imagined, more or less.

And I realized that directing actors is really important because that's what ends up on screen.

I've directed five films and I've proven that people have made money with my films - many people have made money with my films.

I've proven that I'm not a complete failure. Every film has done well. It's like, "So, okay, when do I get my deal at Warner Bros?

I've had this opportunity to get some of my financing out of Europe, which has helped tremendously, so I'm not completely dependent on the studio system or on U.S. financing.