The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.

It's important to be yourself. What art does for everyone, helps you understand yourself and in a distilled way, whether it's a painting or a scene in acting or a joke. It distills something about everyday life that can be important to you.

Mark Twain is a voice of truth and a voice of equality and a voice of tolerance. Which means he is a voice of love.

There are only three reasons to do a movie: the cast, the director, the role. Like I say, you live in a minute of screen time, but to prepare for the minute takes much more than a day. You'd better be excited about what those moments are, even if they're the hardest moments. Or the smallest.

I don't make any pretense about being normal. I'm not.

I've found that Hollywood's a really honest business. They don't pull any punches. They tell you exactly what you want-I want the fake breasts and the flat car and the big pool. You know, they're real up-front about it.

It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photography collage.