When Lars Von Trier calls me, I say yes without reading the script because often the script hasn't been written yet, and if Fincher called me again, I'd say yes without reading the script, too.
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The biggest enemy of any actor is fear.
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Of course, working with Halle Berry is fantastic. Every day, you're looking at a performance that you would be prepared to pay to watch. She's truly great and truthful, and it's a joy.
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Most of my acting in general is about what's going on in the head, and the lines are just something that comes out.
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Any society that starts forbidding certain words or expressions is a society you should be wary about, whether it's the KGB or social consensus that enforces it.
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I don't feel ashamed or humiliated when I am naked, but I definitely feel it when I am playing games.
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I've worked with Lars von Trier on many films, and there's always a female character that's like an open wound - everything just pours out of this person.
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I've never thought of myself as a professional. I very rarely do something I don't enjoy.
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Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.