I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off.

Are we just pretending to be unhappy so that we can add drama to our lives, so that we seem more substantial?

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore.

I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter.

We're all capable of anything as human beings. Any emotion, any action. We really are.

Working with Jim Carrey is an absolute gas. I have never laughed so hard for so long. Had he been on-board for the sequel of Dumb & Dumber, I would've jumped on, with no hesitation.

Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true.

I was haunted by trainers going "Up, up, up, get up." You find yourself picking your head up and then realizing, They aren't talking to me.

I think Michigan keeps you sane and on an even keel through the ups and downs. In Michigan, I do fireworks, shovel snow and live life.

You can't rewrite nothing, but you can rewrite 90 pages of sh*t. Now you've got your sh*t on the page, you can go work.

I tried to manipulate and control people and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven but I wouldn't forgive others.

I love my old paintings as postulates as fresh starting points but I have to destroy them. I have to make a new manifesto.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires a great deal of strength to decide what to do.

Do the things that you always wanted to, without me there to hold you back, don't think just do, more than anything I want to see you go, take a glorious bite out of the whole world

Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.

I don't know about "dream role." I do so many dramatic roles or period films or [play] traumatized people or stressed-out people or very intense things, high stakes happening all the time.

Folks with most to complain about seldom complain most.

I love having written. Sometimes I love writing. I love to revise. Revising is my favorite part of writing.

Drawing is still the bottom line.

If you make the choice to just go with the flow, that is a choice to make a difference in a negative way.