I went door-to-door selling cable television subscriptions when I was in college. Not to date myself, but cable was just coming on. I had terrible territories, and they would give me $25, if I got somebody to let them come and just put the little cord in their house.

I went door-to-door selling cable television subscriptions when I was in college. I found it incredibly difficult, doing that kind of sales work. I would have thought I'd be good at it, but I wasn't. It's so easy in acting. Everything falls into place when they write that you're a salesman. People just say yes, and then it's great.

My adolescence was all tits and champagne. I'm downplaying the magic of it all.

I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I don't think there's any connection between my journalism career and my film career. They are two totally different mediums and very different skills.

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.