The performances had to be live. When you play it back, you can see if the hands aren't really doing the right thing, and then the whole magic falls apart.

I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.

The idea of not getting a gun is not because I'm afraid of guns, it's not because I think guns are wrong, it's because it's impractical, it's stupid and it's exactly what they want me to do.

When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances.

The superhero aesthetic is all about the human form and showing the body, whether they be female or male.

With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.

There's very few people - like Shakespeare - who, no matter what, were gonna do what they did. For the rest of us, there's a lot of events that have to happen in order for things to end up the way they are.