You get the sense that [John] Hughes is so right about the way groups divide and then divide again and then sometimes align and then sometimes break apart. And this idea that Michael Hall's character says, "On Monday, are we going to be friends?" you know, based on this.

The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.

Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere.

There was no one really like John Bender at my high school.

[Kevin] Costner said, "You don't have to do that... this is a wide shot, so you can calm down."

I went and saw him [ John Hurt ] here in L.A.He did a one-man Beckett show of Krapp's Last Tape. I went back and saw him afterwards, and what an actor he is. He is so gifted.

I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.