The truth is that the more you get paid, the less freedom you have. They never pay you for nothing.

When I woke up I was naked. I have this one oddball idiosyncrasy: Sometimes in my sleep I take off all my clothes.

In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff.

One of the things that's really lousy about making movies is that you have such little interaction with your audience.

Nightmares are a strange thing. Your worst fear is sometimes something you enjoy thinking about, for some strange reason. I don't know why that is, but it's some kind of fantasy that people play out. "What would I do to protect my children? I'd do anything." And then, you watch it play out. I'm petrified of such a thing.

It's always a unique challenge when you're working with somebody where English is their second language.

The writing process was some of the most exciting and rewarding moments of my life. It felt a lot like being in a band.