I needed to change my name just to liberate myself and find out I could do it without walking into a Hollywood casting office with the name Coppola.

I guess it would fall into the stalker category more or less. I was being stalked by a mime - silent but maybe deadly. Somehow, this mime would appear on the set of 'Bringing Out the Dead' and start doing strange things. I have no idea how it got past security. Finally, the producers took some action and I haven't seen the mime since. But it was definitely unsettling.

To begin... To begin... How to start? I'm hungry. I should get coffee. Coffee would help me think. Maybe I should write something first, then reward myself with coffee. Coffee and a muffin. Okay, so I need to establish the themes. Maybe a banana-nut. That's a good muffin.

If you're really special, meaning you're doing something unique and original, it could scare people.

I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.

I always wanted to find a way to apply my acting in a big mad monster movie where I was transforming into this scary entity.

If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm going to be very careful about that because I'm not eager to repeat myself.