When we're threatened, it's very easy to appeal to our basic natures.

All the studios are owned by multinational corporations, which are not usually bastions of the left. So all the actors, writers, and directors - or at least a great majority of them - live in fear because we're all insecure, we all want that next job, we all want to be loved, and we don't want to piss off some studio chief who won't hire us for the next movie.

I just want to thank people who take big risks in their daily lives when there aren't cameras rolling. I want to dedicate this award to people who stand up for peace and against injustice and intolerance.

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.

Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.

There are very few guys like me. I make a lot of money. I didn't always.

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.