It's true that I have a very healthy ego; anybody who creates does.

I can say, 'I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable.' Or I could say, 'Get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?'

I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things.

And remember, this was a president (George W. Bush) who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.

It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done.

Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.