You either are a good director or you're not.

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.

We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however, be accorded equality in that they should receive both compassion and respect; it is unworthy of us to exploit them in any way.

Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show.

No family is sane, is it?

I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be an actor. It has just always been an inevitability on some level.

I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.