I think we need to tell stories that reflect our world.

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

I love New York. It's kind of perfect. I'm in New York part of the time and in L.A. part of the time. That's always been a goal, to be bicoastal in a real way.

I did Chekhov's Three Sisters once. Two months in, I remember going, "Human beings shouldn't be forced to do or watch this play every night." It's so dark and so bottomless.

Normally when you're promoting something a lot, sometimes you get tired.

Though there is something cruel about being in Hawaii and you have a computer in front of you the whole time.

I always go to bed thinking I'm the luckiest guy in the world.

There's a logic to dreams that doesn't necessarily follow linear narrative. You don't know why things happen, it's your subconscious pushing you, to give you information.

Unless you hit your television with a sledgehammer, you're not going to be able to be an individual.

I've always been pretty happy with my style. I've been wearing tapered jeans since 1980 something.

I stole a lot from Gary Oldman. I stole the hairdo from his incarnation of Dracula. We cheated it just enough, so we couldn't get accused of copyright infringement.

Most people say about graveyards: "Oh, it's just a bunch of dead people. It's creepy." But for me, there's an energy to it that it not creepy, or dark. It has a positive sense to it.

The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying.It was:'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?

If we try to emulate the leadership style of others we perceive as successful, we end up being second-rate versions of someone else.

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

Sorry I don't eat buffalo.

All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.

I want to be Prime Minister, but I will stand for Mayor of London first.

God is not the author of all things, but of good only.

Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.