As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean.
Death is an absolute mystery. We are all vulnerable to it, it's what makes life interesting and suspenseful.
It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.
My life is very exciting now. Nostalgia for what? It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind and see the steps. That's where I was. We're here right now. Tomorrow, we'll be someplace else. So why nostalgia?
To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you arrive on screen with a past.
To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.
