I don't blame folks for not wanting to put me in their movies or whatever. I understand if their audiences had an association with me.

I've always found it sort of hilarious, and occasionally horrifying, how these images [in mass media] impact us, and especially when it comes to love and sex and relationships, I think we sometimes develop unrealistic expectations.

Real life is not like a movie. Even the best movies, the most rich, fleshed-out movies are not as rich and nuanced as detailed as real life or an actual human being.

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

I like making little videos and little records. I've always loved video cameras and four-track cassette recorders, still cameras, anything.

This movie [Don Jon] played at Sundance and South by Southwest and Berlin. And it just played - well...by the time it played at Toronto recently, it was already done. But getting to watch it with a thousand people is hugely informative.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.