Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream.

Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters.

Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.

I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York.

I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

I have a dresser, who literally is a guy who makes sure the tie is right. It's a little bit of a process. I could probably do it by myself, but it would take me three times as long.