I was never interested in being an overly public person.

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.

I grew up in Evanston and lived in Chicago for a long time, in Old Town and Wrigleyville. I did three films when I was in high school. The first was 'Class,' with Rob Lowe. I had a supporting role in that.

I've seen the people who talk about their love lives in print invariably have doomed relationships with the person they're talking about.

I have a good friend who's a Texas girl; Texas girls are a whole different breed.

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.