Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions until the end.

All my romantic stories are a scrambled version of that first one.

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

New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

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

I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time.