Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.

With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.

Well, today the Grammys is much much better than the Oscars. I think the differences in the shows are that the Grammys are much wilder. The Oscars is much more people in the industry. And people dress wilder, I think, at the Grammys.

A friend of mine once asked how to make it in show business and I said "Be so good that they can't ignore you." She thought I was being flip but it's true. The challenge is trying to live up to the opportunities given me.

There's a big difference between the National Book Awards and the Academy Awards. At the Academy Awards you can feel the greed and envy and ego. Whereas the National Book Awards are in New York.

I'm not a human being. I'm despicable and disgusting - but that's where the money is.

Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated.