"They are both for me political. Even if one is obviously sexual and one is overtly political. But both in a way, it's about freedom, how someone's freedom can actually imprison them in a way, in order for them to numb a pain or what ever it is they are trying to do.

I love Brandon, I love that man, you know, he's trying and it's difficult. And I think, you know he's not so far away from most of us in a way. He is not a bad person, he's a person living now with all the trappings of now. And of course it shapes you, it chains you but one is always trying of course to be better. I think as a character he is very familiar to all of us, not at all repulsive, at all.

Carey Mulligan is in Australia and I'm very upset about that actually. I don't know Baz Luhrmann, whatever and it was out of order, really. I wouldn't do to him what he did to me so you know, you know, it was out of order. She should be here, never mind. Life goes on so I don't particularly, never mind, I can't discuss it too much. As far as Carey Mulligan and nudity, she's an actress, who cares, she's an actress, they do things and that's it. It's no big deal, you know."