Cruelty Might Be Very Human,

With 'taxi Driver,' I Had This Eureka Moment. I Realized That Acting Could Be Much More Than What I Had Been Doing. I Had To Build A Character That Wasn't Me.

All Of The Thinking And Planning That You Do To Get There, And Then, In One Minute, In One Second, It Just Doesn't Matter. It Goes Out The Window. You Either Got It Or You Didn't. There Is Something Kind Of Refreshing About That.

But Now I Really Don't Want To Work Unless I Really, Really Care About A Project.

Look, It's Terrible, I Know, But Weakness Really, Really Bugs Me, To The Point That If There Is A Wounded Bird On The Sidewalk, I Look At It And I Go: I Think I'll Just Kick It.

I Don't Know If I See Myself As Really An Action Hero, But I Like Doing Physical Movies And I Like Doing Movies Where The Writing Is Very Lean.