Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them.

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way.

It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker.

My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.

The drills we do, where you're telling kids to memorize things, don't actually work. What works is engaging them and letting them do things and discover things.