When I'm writing I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived you know?
I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless...
With acting you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how...
I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough.
The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a...
I feel close to Lloyd in 'Say Anything'. He was like a super-interesting...
Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is...
But no I don't really like romantic comedies so I don't really care. I...
It's something we guys have all done. Made tapes for girls trying to...
I have a bit of a rebellious nature.
Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because...
Most movies once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a...
It's like those high-school yearbook photos that everyone would rather not...
I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who's to say anybody's...
I was never into the popular school or clique or anything. Then I started...
I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just...
Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I...
The movies have got more corporate they're making fewer movies in general...
It seems to me that one thing people do over and over again is try to figure...
I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face on...
I like the George Romero films which were really great social satire movies...
Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing it's helpful....
If people are constantly reading about you and you're overexposed they've...
There are some good people. But a good chunk of them will lie for no reason...
I force people to have coffee with me just because I don't trust that a...
I kept saying that I'd never live in L.A. and I didn't think I would. But...
Hitler was so modern in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was...
When applied to politics and taken to its extreme kitsch is the mask of...
My dad had a commercial film company so he had a videotape player before...
I remember once acting really cool on a bus with this girl named Stephanie....
Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes...
Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the...
There's also some element of coming of age during the Reagan administration...
