Rebelliousness really is the province of young people-that kind of iconoclasm.

I wish I could do a lot of things different. I'm not going to tell you what they are, but if I had a list of all my films right now, I'd go, 'Okay, I'll cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out and cross that one out.' Really. But I've made over 40 films. How can I not have some losers in there?

I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.

I think probably the most difficult challenge was just the climb and rise in show business because I went through my entire twenties with some success as a comedy writer but not much as a performer. And you have to be kind of informed and naive at the same time.

I think when the movie `Roxanne' came out, which I also had written, I felt something new that I never felt, which was respect.

I can understand the drug thing. So they feel that it's more important to take the drugs than to do a good show for the people.

It was so sweet backstage, you should have seen it - The Teamsters were helping Michael Moore into the trunk of his limo.