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

Probably Lloyd in 'Say Anything' is the closest to me - or to who I was at the time. It was just a great love story about people in the '80s, and we all tried to make it feel as real as possible. It was such a wonderful time. We didn't leave anything in the gym; we put it all out there.

Of course, I think it is legitimate for the Commander-in-Chief to be concerned for the safety of his soldiers.

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.

I think poets tell better history than historians. Historians lie all the time but the poets can get to truth of it.

I don't agonize over decisions as much these days. The criteria of what's important to me is clear. The insecurity that you feel, and the paranoia that you feel, have been around for a long time - you know it's a liar because it's been lying to you all along - every time you start something new.

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.