A movie set is like a petri dish for neuroses, you know? It's just, like, egos and weird personalities and, more than anything, fear.

If it was never new and it never gets old, then it's a folk song

The hardest things to do in any art is to risk failure and put yourself out on the line.

I think that's why often people in creative fields can feel so alone is because there's a constant third eye, that constant watcher.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.

I'm definitely someone that's private. I've never been interested in celebrity.

To be able to shut off your emotions drastically, I think that the only way you can do that is if you have some of sociopathic qualities.

Coen brothers movies are not always what life looks like but it's definitely what life feels like.

I get attached to things: I wear the same jeans for a year.

I've written a lot of music, so to be able to put that together and play some shows around the country and elsewhere - that would really be a fun thing to do.

Innovation is a question of ambition, and imagination, not a question of investment only.

I have been like a mediocre concert pianist playing in front of a tone-deaf family, who applaud out of duty rather than for accomplishment.

Most people only have stray thoughts and it stays at that. But you’ve got power, darlin'. You flung out walking evil. Let's hope you can bring up a remedy too.

I could see myself adopting a kid someday. But, obviously, I'd prefer it to be aborted.

To truly be feminine means being soft, receptive, and - look out, here it comes - submissive.

A rule to live by: I won't use anything I can't explain in five minutes.

I was proud of working 18 hours a day and sleeping three hours a night. It's something now that has turned into a problem for me: not being able to sleep... having insomnia.

I--though heart might find relief Did I become a Christian man and choose for my belief What seems most welcome in the tomb--play a predestined part. Homer is my example and his unchristened heart.

The fool has set in his heart that he can get more money through the tiring of his muscle and the starvation of his brain-but he can't.