I read the script and decide if a particular character looks fun to play. I look for complexity and a sense of humor. Those are crucial, real things to life.

What's "God"? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that ignores you.

Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?

Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.

Just because people want to eat the burger doesn't mean they want to meet the cow.

I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York.

Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.

I can't relate to 99% of humanity.

I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that.

Every day's an adventure when I step out of my door. That's why I usually wear a hat and keep my head low.

I don't tend to think of the characters i play as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way.

Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.

Comedy comes from a place of hurt. Charlie Chaplin was starving and broke in London, and that's where he got his character 'the tramp' from. It's a bad situation that he transformed into comedic one.

Our Higher Self is the most intimate thing we could possibly know; eternity is the most comfortable home we could possibly fine.

Sometimes my faith becomes more sensitive to how people feel, as opposed to what needs to be.

Like [George] Best, there is a special fantasia about him

The only reason [not to use] perl is that some sysadmins don't allow software that they didn't pay for. By all means, let them send me money if it makes them feel better.

Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people.

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.

Sometimes with success comes some crazy that goes along with it.

Enjoy the joy of being enjoyed by God.