You can't get too attached to any one shampoo. And conditioner, also.

Australian cattle dogs, are not like Labradors, where they just like to just sit around by the fire and get petted. They're working dogs, so they have a lot of energy, and they can drive you crazy.

We worked together with Wes Anderson writing a couple more movies together: Rushmore [1998] and Tenenbaums.

It's not enough just to be real; you have to try to make it interesting or entertaining.

Maybe because I began as a writer, I have a good ear for dialogue, and maybe being an English major - and that I also read a lot as a kid - if I hear somebody say something that I think's funny, or I find a situation or story, I'll try to work that into the movie.

Through my friend Tony Shafrazi, who's an art dealer and an artist himself - he helped to show Basquiat and Keith Haring, and has worked with the Francis Bacon estate - it was really through my friendship with Tony that I developed even more of an interest in art.

What's funny is that there's a lot of great Australian actors in American movies but you don't often hear them do their Australian, original accent.