To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.

I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.

Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.

I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

I worked in a Chinese restaurant.

Why is it men are permitted to be obsessed about their work, but women are only permitted to be obsessed about men?