I met someone on the street who said wasn't it great that we're going to have a movie star for president, that it was so Pop, and (laughs) when you think about it like that, it is great, it's so American.

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

Just like New Yorkers themselves, the trees in New York [city] work harder than any others in the world.

Remember, they've never seen you before in their life.

I just happen to like ordinary things. When I paint them, I don't try to make them extraordinary. I just try to paint them ordinary-ordina ry.

Publicity is like eating peanuts. Once you start you can’t stop.

People sometimes say that the way things happen in the movies is unreal, but actually, it's the way things happen to you in life that's unreal. The movies make emotions look strong and real, whereas when things really do happen to you, it's like you're watching television -- you don't feel anything.