Marty [Scorsese] knows that when an improvised moment comes out of a real situation, it's gonna have more life and more going on than anything you can imagine and that's how the character can become the story

I touched emotions I've never tapped in my entire life. I've heard people say, 'I hope this movie doesn't glamorise drugs.

You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.

Dark green is my favorite color. It's the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!

It's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go.

My dad has always been the bohemian.

It does feel like the middle ground has fallen out. I'm only saying that from personal experience, saying, "I'd like to make that movie" and hearing, "Oh, they're not making those types of movies anymore."