When you run into someone in NY it is usually a pleasant surprise. When you run into someone in LA you usually had a car accident.

If Wes Anderson has a very strong cast, he can direct the minutia of that story and still manage to have something that lives and breathes.

It's a miracle when something actually turns out well because there are so many ways for it to go wrong.

I'm tired of being labelled anti-American because I ask questions.

On parochial school I was told I had an overabundance of original sin.

I am optimistic. I think that there are a lot of women producing things, not necessarily in the studios. Actresses are putting stuff together. I think there are more stories about women of color [and] older women. But it is slim pickings.

Most people are not affected by [the death penalty]. It's like how many people are actually sent to Iraq and Afghanistan? Such a small percentage.