We've become so glorified in the movie-star system that it's become this artificial royalty. The truth is that we're circus clowns.

Mel Blanc is a hero because of what he could do with his voice for all the Looney Tunes, the Warner Brothers cartoons, to be the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig. To me, he's a great actor.

Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.

I haven't made anything I don't believe in. I've always started a movie with a song in my heart, and even when I'm a little unclear about it, something magical happens and it comes into focus in a way that I'm feeling good about.

Someone like Vincent Price or somebody like Christopher Lee, they never won an award, and it doesn't matter. They're cool.

Guy Pearce is very precise and clear about understanding the rhythm and the music of a scene.

The end of the world is on people's minds. We have the power to destroy or save ourselves, but the question is what do you do with that responsibility.