I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.

In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me.

I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.

I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.

Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter.

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated.

On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable.