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.

Usually I play people who just keep babbling on and on and on.

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

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can.

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

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.

Hopefully as you get older you get more selfless. That would be probably a good goal. I don't know if we do, though.