Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame and fear and pain, and turned them into great works of art. He was a complex, brilliant person who was just wired too tight.

Usually I play people who just keep babbling on and on and on.

I'm not making any plans. I'm just going to let the universe surprise me.

You just try to get the best jobs that you can get. Sometimes I produce my own movies, so that's your own sort of vision. That helps things. I don't know what it is. Probably just circumstance. I've definitely been aware of the fact that I want to do different things.

Hollywood is just a bunch of people going around in Learjets to other people asking them if they've got any money? Well, they might have if they didn't spend it all on jets.

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?

Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time.