I always liked it when people go back in time to discover things about themselves, like with 'A Christmas Carol' and you're getting a tour of your life by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.

I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don't trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen.

No, actors go out with actresses as a form of self-flagellation.

The people who say they're for democracy want nothing to do with democracy.

The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.

Maybe the absence of signs is a sign.

I was never a joiner. I tried - I had people I admired and liked and wanted to hang with, but I ended up starting a theatre company and that took me back to Chicago... I guess I wasn't a scenester in the end. Something must have worked out right, as I'm still here - but I'm only a binge socialite.