I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.

No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit.

America champions the underdog. We champion the underdog until he's not the underdog anymore, and he annoys us.

Popularity and democracy aren't a judge, they're just stats.

If you pay attention to good critics, you have to listen to the bad. So you have to ignore them all really. You can't just cherry pick the glowing ones.

Suggesting I hate people with religion because I hate religion is like suggesting I hate people with cancer because I hate cancer.

It breaks your heart when you throw something away, but it's what left that counts. It's like worrying about the bits of rock you have knocked off in order to make a beautiful statue. You've wasted half the rock, yeah, but it's the Venus di Milo!