When I started dating I had relationships with people who came from families that weren't at all artistic or whatever, and they didn't understand how to communicate. I find that so boring.

Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.

I love to rescue animals.... The pounds were so crowded they were putting animals down almost immediately. Seven thousand dogs were put to sleep.

I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket.

The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour

If my career were a hairstyle, it would be helmet-head.

Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about

We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?

You don't have to run away from life your whole life. You can really live. You can change. And you can be an agent of change.

There is so much in the world to care about.

Genetic code is a divine writing.

I'm realizing that some of my greatest (or at least most determined) genius lies in my ability to procrastinate.

The biggest mistake a person can make is to lie to an engineer about a subject that they specialize in.

A guy in Pennsylvania was arrested because he was drunk in his golf cart going from bar to bar. So they arrested him. I said: Wait a minute. Isn't that golf?

I was what they call a 'highly functional addict.' ... sometimes people who need help look nothing like people who need help.

We can try to keep jobs here in America rather than seeing them go overseas.

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.

I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read!

Nothing is more useful than the useless.

I sometimes feel that I'm impersonating the dark unconscious of the whole human race. I know this sounds sick, but I love it.