Nobody learns a German aria overnight, except Jared Harris.

The old saying is true, behind every good man theres an incredible woman.

Pick a dysfunction and it's a family problem.

Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers.

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.

I saw School of Rock, and I was like, why haven't I worked with Richard Linklater already? Then by the time I got him I was like, I'm really pissed off I feel like you owe me some retroactive swag. He gave me the 10-year anniversary "Dazed and Confused" T-shirt, which I still wear with relish.

I think paranoia goes from generation to generation. It's convenient to imagine that there's a few people controlling everything, that way it's manageable and small. But that's not life, life is messy.