I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.

I've discovered that I can't trust the ratings board at all, because they have - to my mind - a perverted point of view about what's appropriate for children. They think that if you see any part of a male or female anatomy, we have to protect children from it, which is not true, and they think almost any level of violence is okay for children, which is absolutely not true... They're really off the mark.

If I had my choice, I would do the same little independent films, but they would have $100 million budgets, so I could get paid a fortune and hang out in a huge trailer.

Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.

The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.