I'm in a house where if the washing machine shuts off, it sings a song. If iPad gets a message, it sings a song. I'm living in a real postmodern time - every single thing sings to you to tell you it's started, it's stopped, you've got a message, you didn't get a message.

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

I'm about my characters.

Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

The last day of your life is still going to be a day.

I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.