To be in a video is a ridiculous thing. It's almost impossible to do it without any humour

American television is very much created by the writers, just the volume of it. The writers are so key. You're just trying to do something that serves that script. And in general, film isn't all about the script, really.

As in, I think 'Badlands' is one of the funniest films of all time: "Every day I wish I was carried off to a magical land, but that never happened" is one of the funniest lines in any film.

I'm pretty bad at seeing new films.

I think people have the capacity to be many different things and many seemingly contradictory behaviors.

The most interesting part of filming is what the actors do. That's the primary link between the story and the audience.

The act of seeing any film generally is you knowing more than the characters, even if its the classic Hitchcock shot of two people talking and a bomb being under the table. Part of the pleasure of it is seeing where people go wrong, and the irony of situations.