Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!

Adrenaline is wonderful. It covers pain. It covers dementia. It covers everything.

If you're an old pro, you know how well you're doing when you're doing it, and your inner government spanks you if you're not doing well.

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them.

I tell young comics, 'Do you want this badly enough? It's there. But you have to go get it. And if you think I'm going to give you the key to the lock of that door, there is no key, there is no lock, and there is no door.'

Make film, shoot film, run film. Do something. Make film. Shoot anything.

Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!