Mrs. O'Hair died horribly, a victim of the world she helped to shape. Without the Deity she fought so hard against, there is no right and wrong, increasingly people are ruled by their passions and humanity is a tragedy waiting to happen.

Somewhere there's a score being kept, so you have an obligation to live life as well as you can, be as engaged as you can.

I have a brother who gives socks for Christmas. He gives socks. Every year, I get a pair of socks from him.

'Groundhog Day' was one of the greatest scripts ever written. It didn't even get nominated for an Academy Award.

The secret is to have a sense of yourself, your real self, your unique self. And not just once in a while, or once a day, but all through the day, the week and life.

I was at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards one year - they called me up when somebody canceled two days before the thing, and asked me to present some awards. So I went, and one of the funniest film moments I've ever had was when they introduced the New York film critics. They all stood up - motley isn't the word for that group. Everybody had some sort of vision problem, some sort of damage - I had to bury myself in my napkin.

You don't have to have all this film stock, you can work faster, and you don't need a giant crew. It's great.