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.

If someone suddenly lost their director the day before shooting and wanted me to step in, I'd be willing to. But I'd do brain surgery the same way. I'm always up for something new.

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

Connection is what one is after in probably most media, but certainly in film, which is an immersive medium.

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.

Big Sur is at the end of the continent. It attracts really crazy people.

When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy.