On his Hannibal Lector mask: I've got it at home. I wear it to bed every night.

You still wake up sometimes. You wake up in the dark and hear the screaming of the lambs.

I've reached a happy stage in my life - you can call it "happy" - but I have no expectations anymore. I'm glad I'm not young anymore.

Women never really care to face the truth when their hearts are involved.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college.

The trick is not to get too fanatical about getting the accent too accurate because then that becomes a mask. What I try to do is just painting and sketching some of the sounds without obliterating my own voice.