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.

I think any time you set out to make something, anybody is going to be confronted by those voices in their head that say "You don't need to do this. Someone else can do this better. You should probably just quit right now."

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

Don't we want to escape our real world and go into something larger than that, simpler than that, more beautiful or darker?

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

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

I think the way the media is going to work in the future is less something that the population consumes and more something that the population creates.