I didn't really like doing commercials. You had to behave like you were on angel dust or something.

When I was a teenager I loved acting, but I really just loved it for myself. I didn't like the fact that anyone else saw the work I was doing

That's sort of what I wanted to make fun of a little bit with Don Jon. And I think oftentimes, if you're going to talk about a sort of substantial topic like this, the best way to do it is with a sense of humor.

One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my jobs is, I listen to a lot of music while I'm working.

I have a really terrible sense of direction.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

The spiral in a snail's shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's also the same mathematically as the spirals in our DNA. It's the same ratio that you'll find in very basic music that transcends cultures all over the world.