Natural Born Killers is really a misunderstood romantic comedy.

I have a strong spiritual life. I can't say that I have faith that Jesus is my Savior, but I look at Jesus in the same way that I look at, you know, Mohammed. He was giving everyone the goods. So was Gandhi.

The forests are the lungs of the world. I’ve always believed if you breathe, you’re an environmentalist.

I was in a taxi the other night, and we started talking about life and the taxi driver goes, 'Chaos and creativity go together. If you lose one per cent of your chaos, you lose your creativity.' I said that's the most brilliant thing I've heard. I needed to hear that years ago.

The only way to get a serious message across is through comedy

Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me.

Some people make a great film and then they can't follow up.