I stopped reading reviews about my own movies. I read stuff about other people's movies.

I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.

Anytime you've got something that can take you into the political realm then you've opened up the conversation a lot.

People are sort of numb to watching violence, but sexual activity is still as strong as it ever was in terms of generating response.

Surprisingly, I don't throw away that much. I don't move forward with a lot of things unless they're going somewhere. You also have to remember that when you're working with other artists, you have to be really careful about how you deal with that stuff.

You're being mean to someone who's helping you. What is that? Everyone knows who the assholes are, and I avoid them.

I actually didn't find out about a lot of music until I was older. Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.