If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that.

I never wanted to come off as self-important.

A lot of people know that something very drastic has happened to the very idea of America.

But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.

I was never into the popular school or clique or anything. Then I started doing movies when I was in high school, so then I got popular. Then the girls paid attention to you who didn't before.

I don't agonize over decisions as much these days. The criteria of what's important to me is clear.

The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back.