I remember calling and asking, because I had a few lines that were like, "How could the character have done this?" and I hadn't read the part of the script that said what she [ Cate Blanchett] did, so they put me on the phone with Woody... Allen. I don't know if I could really say "Woody."

Warren [Beatty] loves to talk about his experiences with [Elia] Kazan.

Like I've known Francis [For Coppola] for so long I think, "Oh, Francis." And then you see his name on something with The Godfather, and you go, "Oh, yeah. He's also that." The person you knew of before you met the actual person.

I did my first film with Francis Ford Copploa which spoiled the hell out of me.

My parents weren't involved in show business but my parents would show me. We'd watch old films in the house.

Even though I grew up in L.A., no one in my family was in the movie industry.

I'm trying to make myself sound better.