Americans are attracted to the dark side. But which movies should be allowed to be violent and show that dark side, and which should not? I don't believe in censorship, but I do think there are horrible movies that are bad for you.

When you break into song, it's not about dialogue, it's not about how you would speak in a naturalistic sense-it's about expressing your inner torment or your inner joy.

One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake it.

People have become so literal because they're used to reality-based television.

I am creative in my living space - the designer in me helps that out.

The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility.

Some people become dullards, but as children we are all creative. It's in the programming, the socialization, that we lose our sense of play.