I’m willing to look my own nightmare on film, but if it endangers my life, then I’m willing to put my life before movies.

Every day my mother had tea. My dad has his ritual cigar. They had their evening cocktail. Those rituals were done nicely, with flair and feeling.

I actually do like playing off-beat people. I think it's more fun.

It's easier to be responsible for the decisions that you've made yourself than for the ones that other people have made for you.

It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time.

Well, I enjoy my life. You know, I think life is an art, and that one has to live it as an art. That's your choice.

I think my friend Tom Hanks knows me. He understands me very well. He’s always had a sort of parental feeling toward me. He knows I’m a big mush ball, which is just part of my personality.