I did a dance sequence in my second short film, which was my best short film, called 'Hairway to the Stars,' and I think Chris Wink, the founder of Blue Man Group, was in that. It's a black-and-white dance sequence. We were Glorious Food waiters together.

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

Christianity has been responsible for plenty of horror and death in the world, all supposedly in God's name.

To be honest, I think that Republicans love terrorism.

I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'

The endings for all my characters seem sufficiently human and messy for me to feel comfortable with them. In some ways they have only moved an inch, but sometimes an inch is a great distance.

Unhappy endings can be as cheap as happy endings.