Jack Nicholson is fairly gifted. We were at the Sistine Chapel, and everybody went from looking straight up to looking across the room at him.

There's no harmony in most people in a way, and I'm attracted to it, and I think it makes for good storytelling.

I was 12 when my parents told me we were moving to Lebanon. I remember thinking, 'Leba-who?' I had absolutely no concept of the place.

Talking about corporations - they're so big. There's not a person at a corporation.

The automotive corporations, including Ford, I think are in the business of trying to make cars that people will drive.

Cher's great, she's incredible. She is an enormous, enormous star, who goes anywhere and crowds follow her...and yet she's a disciplined actress and she's down to Earth and cool. I can't say enough good things about her.

I have always been interested in the concept of ruin.