My only "business plan" was to get lucky.

It was very serious and I wanted to do something really different so there was this comedy called TOP SECRET.

Art is a way to get strength from something that is life-affirming. It can be quite violent and still be life-affirming.

My first girlfriend in high school, I had a girlfriend in grade school, but my first girlfriend in high school was Mare Winningham, very fine actress.

Daryl Hannah likes to goof around with fashion, but she does have pretty impeccable taste.

That's the joy of art - it should be dangerous and challenging but it's just art - it's safe.

I don't think of my life as a cliche, but I'm a cliche eccentric. Complete with a strange name - I mean, who's named Val? How many Vals do you know? I mean, really?