I tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.

I was thinking the other day that there will never be another form of music that everybody has to respond to - like disco.

Film is a director's medium, and a film set is a complicated military structure - I have to keep reminding myself to stay in my place, or all will burst into chaos.

In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.

You try to make the world a better place and what does it get you? I mean, Christ, how the hell does one man stand a chance against four billion assholes?

I originally just wanted to be an artist.

I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult.