I don't walk around like I'm a movie star because I don't think of myself as a movie star. People usually don't even notice me.

I do like to collaborate, and I like hearing other people, and I like how somebody's performance will affect my own.

The footage that you're about to watch of China's dog-leather trade is one of the worst things I've ever seen.

The expectation is this low, gravelly voice for John, but I went through his early recordings and there were songs in there where the voice was so different, I wasn't even sure if it was him singing, ... So it was interesting to me that we would see him develop the Man in Black sound. I thought it was really important that his voice change as his persona slowly solidified. The music was really the doorway into the character.

It's an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone.

You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.