I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film.

My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors.

The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

My second ex-wife was really kind of like a ship passing in the night. Only she turned out to be the Exxon Valdez.

The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death...

The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols.

Just curious. Does the president of the United States have any advice for other teenage boys in America? Wounded warriors, for example . . .