To tell you the truth, I don't ever talk about characters as separate from myself.

These days and times you can't do eclectic records. In the '60s you could, but not anymore.

Life is magical and I guess my thing is I wish that people wanted that magic.

They were on the set of Bad Santa, but I tried to keep the headphones away from them. My kids have seen Sling Blade, Armageddon, Bandits and Friday Night Lights. They have not seen Monster's Ball and nor will they ever. Even when they are 60. I will leave it in my will.

To tell you the truth, I don't ever talk about characters as separate from myself.

Nowadays the movies that people are going to see in the theaters are the big-event movies, like Spider-Man or something, or they're 25-year-old models who are vampires, or they're very broad comedies, or they're standard action movies. So if you're going to work for a studio and do a movie for the budget that the movie needs, those are the kinds of movies you'll be in.

Every couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the biggest weirdos on the block.