Abstract expression is so solid, so successful and recognizable, but there's a mystery about the artists that goes into it, a fetishism about the artists themselves and who they were.

I have a producing partner named Stephen Hamel, and we've been trying to generate material.

I used to have nightmares that they would put 'He played Ted' on my tombstone.

You know what, I'd done an interview show when I was like 16 or 17. One of my first jobs. I did interviews for this television show in Toronto.

You need to be happy to live, I don't.

How do people relate to movies now, when they're on portable devices or streaming them? It's not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.

The blues have always had some of the best times, best feelings I’ve ever had.