I grew up in San Francisco. My parents were not hippies; they were writers. They were very active politically, but on the intellectual side, not on the "taking drugs in a field and listening to the Grateful Dead" side.

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.

I'm 44 years old. So, it's really great to watch younger generations getting their opportunities, and being there to support them in that.

My father believes that Western religions are death cults, which I agree with.

I've learned that it's OK to be flawed, that life can be messy, that some days you glide and some days you fall, but most important, that there are no secret answers out there.

People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they - at least the ones that I know personally - have been waiting for something that doesn't completely insult them.

I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.