Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.

A lot of people can forget about you in Los Angeles.

I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.

When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.

I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're there you see little kids, cops, old people, cemeteries. Once you see that, you can't say, 'Oh, Iran, let's bomb them.'