I feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.

Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.

The ratings system is so bogus and people know it. Fewer and fewer people care. The ratings board has sort of exposed itself. But my problem is, as a parent, there's this area of film that my daughters want to see. They're not my kind of films, I don't want to go see them, but I really want to know whether my daughters can see them or not. The morality of what the ratings board is doing now escapes me. I don't get it.

It sure is boring to be around people who are in character all the time. I always find it's closer to mental illness than acting excellence.

To a certain extent. I'm a fan of rehearsal on the day [of the shoot], more than getting together a week beforehand.

I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.

We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing.