I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. I never want to be part of something like that, where there's an agenda there that's not about telling a story, where its someone getting on a soapbox and preaching their own beliefs onto somebody.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.

I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.

People love to yammer on about things that aren't real.

I will never be in the stock market. It's just gambling. I'm a gambler, but I'll gamble on the practicality of things.

The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified.

I light candles because I want to have candles lit, not because I need to see!