My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the '50s and '60s and '70s.

I feel close to Lloyd in 'Say Anything'. He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only I'm not as good as him. Whatever part of me is romantic and optimistic, I reached into that to play Lloyd.

Don't buy into the corporate mythology that's been rammed down our throats for all these years.

People try to keep their past, like kind of holding on to their past. Every Springsteen song talks about that.

But no, I don't really like romantic comedies, so I don't really care. I never go see 'em.

The minute you realize that your options are unlimited, things just start falling into place all around you.

Satire is meant to have teeth; satire is meant to be dangerous. But it also happens to be fun because subversion and telling the right kind of people to go to hell is supposed to feel good.