My very first tattoo was for my dog, Zora, who died in my arms in New York. Right where her heart stopped beating I got a "Z".

I think God has a plan for all of us, and even if that plan includes Hell, its still a plan.

Michael, from 'Six Dance Lessons...' He was somebody who had a lot of self-loathing; being a gay man who lost his family and felt ostracized. It was an interesting character to play. He was so bitter and jaded about life. Even though I'm not like that personally, everybody has a side of themselves that tends to look at the negative side of things. He was an interesting character to play.

I'm a New Yorker; my oven is used for storage.

People don't expect me to have a weird sense of humor, but I do. I'm very eccentric.

Nobody is ever just a straight up protagonist or antagonist - everybody's morally ambiguous.

I came upon Diana Krall's jazz arrangement of "A Case of You" several years back. I've always wanted to pay homage to both her version and Joni's, and by proxy, my mom. She's the one that introduced me to that music.