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.

Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?

Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.

I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.

Usually, I only get to work a few weeks on a movie, or I often don't make it to the end of the movie because I'm disposed of.

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

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.