Why Do I Ask For Directions? Because

I Don't Take Trouble At All To Conform A Screenplay To My Iconography. I Don't Say, "we Can't Do That - The Audience Wouldn't Accept It." I Try To Take The Limitations Of What Is Required To Play A Leading Character And Then Screw With Them.

You Get A Sense Of Reference There. You Feel Part Of Something That's Got Order And Balance And Harmony To It. All The Distraction And Noise, All The Confusion Of Misplaced, Misdirected Energy Just Don't Happen There.

I Realized Early On That Success Was Tied To Not Giving Up. Most People In This Business Gave Up And Went On To Other Things. If You Simply Didn't Give Up, You Would Outlast The People Who Came In On The Bus With You.

My Ambition From The Very Beginning Was To Make A Good Part For Myself, Something Differently To What Lately I've Been Doing.

I Was One Of The Few People Who Thought Star Wars Was Going To Work, And I Hadn't Even Seen Any Special Effects.