I have a bit of a rebellious nature.

Get your sense of outrage back, and your sense of defiance and spirit back, and try to put these pieces together and confront the excesses of empire at every turn.

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

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.

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.

I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face on the poster. It's all about the movie. I like that.

Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, that'd be helpful.