You can hardly tell where the computer models finish and the real dinosaurs begin

When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble

It sounds like a cliché, but mother is really one of my closest friends, and so's my dad. He and I weren't very close when I was younger, but now we're best friends.

Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.

I've always loved film more than theater, and film may be more closely related to making a record because you have that ability to go in and do your work and have no judgment around it, and feel honest. Then, much later, it's presented to people. But in theater, people come backstage after a performance and you're about to do the same play again the next night, and people say, "Well, I didn't really believe that emotion" or whatever. It's really hard for me, I like to be closed up and just do the work.

I feel that movies are gifts that come to you, and there are no accidents in what you end up doing.

I still have a lot to learn. I just have two cats, and when I'm in a bad mood - you know, it would be very easy to throw a cat across a room.