Reach for the sky but keep your feet on the ground

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.

We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.

Theres a wealth of information on James Dean, and everybody has an opinion on him. James Dean made some kind of impression on everybody.

I am a quick study - I can memorize a script in an hour - but I can't remember a name three seconds. I've even forgotten my wife's name on occasion.

The original pilot script [ of "Mary and Jane"], we literally just wrote for fun. It was, let's just do this.

Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It's the whole point. You experience it in the moment.

For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.

Be just to everyone and don't look for an honour greater than this!

There's a hole in the moral ozone and it's getting bigger.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.