I feel like there's a certain kind of laughter missing in the world.

The better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system.

People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks.

I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.

I think it's a fantastic thing to be alive.

I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.

I want to make accessible movies for bright people, but I don't want to play games and be coy.