[On Roman Polanski] "He wasn`t easy on me, ever. He wasn`t particularly kind to me, but he wasn`t - he was never disrespectful regarding the work. I grew. I`m stronger, I`m tougher from Roman. I`m tougher. I`m not harder, I`m just tougher."
[On motorcycling in India] I almost died. I jammed on the brakes, skidded and nearly slammed into it. I was laughing, thinking `This is the way I`ll be remembered: rear-ending a cow`.
Everything is harder than you would imagine, including success. You might think it`s lovely to be famous, but if your process is to constantly observe people and human behavior and yet everyone is observing you all the time, how do you do what you do? I n...
[On giving up material possessions and shedding 30 pounds for The Pianist (2002)] "There`s no comparison to what Wladyslaw Szpilman went through and the suffering that people during the Holocaust, or nations afflicted with famine are going through, but it...
[On winning the Academy Award for Best Actor] "It`s interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man...life-changing, but I`m just me within that. It`s been very helpful for my career, but I`m trying to stay on the path I was on before."
[On Roman Polanski] "He wasn`t easy on me, ever. He wasn`t particularly kind to me, but he wasn`t - he was never disrespectful regarding the work. I grew. I`m stronger, I`m tougher from Roman. I`m tougher. I`m not harder, I`m just tougher."
