The characters that I play are real. They are real so they have as much right to be portrayed as any other characters.

If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it.

I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right.

I spent lunchtime in a grave during the filming of 'Bloody Mama.' When you're younger, you feel that's what you need to do to help you stay in character. When you get older, you become more confident and less intense about it - and you can achieve the same effect.

Italy has changed. But Rome is Rome.

'(United) 93,' if it was not opening the festival, it would seem strange.