If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

There is no question that [Dan] Quayle is an uneducated idiot. But someone, somewhere cleverly realized that the best diversion from Bush is to put on a clown show.

I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.