There's that great Bill Hicks line - the comedian - where he says, "Are you proud to be an American?" "I don't know. It's just where my parents had sex."

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.

It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk.

I find myself going out less and less. When you're 22 and see older people start to do that, it's depressing, but once you hit 30, you think, 'Wow, I've been working all week - it might be really nice to stay in!

There's something touching about a kid who's reading a book that's printed on actual paper. I think that anything that kids start reading, within reason, can lead to other discoveries.

Each film is difficult, in its own particular way. There's a unique set of challenges on every movie.