When I took my clothes off in Blue Velvet, I wanted to convey the brutality of sex abuse. I wanted to look like a quartered cow hanging in a butcher shop as well as disturbingly appealing.

I don't think a Hollywood actor is safe from acting in the rain: it all depends on the film.

I have the most fun writing and directing. And I always choose myself as the lead actor.

These same people seem to forget that mother also took a lot of chances with the type of roles she played.

I didn't want to become an actress because the competition with my mother would have been to much to live up to.

But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!

Food is a big part of my culture, so everyone knows how to cook. When I came to America and asked a babysitter to softboil an egg for my son and she didn't know how, I was shocked.