The vampire craze is kind of fascinating. We're interested in the idea of immorality and I think we're drawn to people or creatures who can give in to those base impulses and just be bad and not feel bad about it.

Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period.

I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they're doing.

My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career.

The vampire craze is kind of fascinating. We're interested in the idea of immorality and I think we're drawn to people or creatures who can give in to those base impulses and just be bad and not feel bad about it.

You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.

Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.