I don't think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare. It keeps it more of a surprise. I don't feel like it has to be a mystery.

All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world. Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine a Cockney singing group with a Southern Negro style and Indian and electronic music. I wonder if people have even noticed what a tremendous cultural signal the Beatles are.

Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.

I gotta keep busy. I'm not happy unless I'm working on two, three things.

[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.