It's only in innocence you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.

I don't see myself as a different guy than I was ten years ago. I don't have aspirations to be. It's really about where you're putting your energies. That's changing a lot.

Whatever one considers art to be, there is in many people a hunger to express themselves creatively and to feel authentic in doing that.

A SWAT team surrounded my house and came in every door. But it happened because on the day that we split up, Madonna developed a concern that if she were to return to the house, she would get a very severe haircut.

I think you start to prepare the minute you read something.

I can always see light in any situation. It's just the way I'm made.

When I was growing up and somebody like Robert De Niro had a movie come out, it was a cultural event. Because he had such a confidence and a single mission that was so intimate.