Chicago my favourite American city. I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable.

My father was a very contradictory man. I mean, most environmentalists in America in the 1950s - of which there were hardly any - were not... paratroopers. But my father was in the 82nd Airborne, it was just like that.

I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were pretty literate.

There are many, many benefits to being known for whatever it is you do. To deny that would be sort of asinine and vulgar.

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.

Scary monsters are like Hula Hoops. They come in and out of fashion.

Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it.