I think that laughter is very close to terror and horror. Maybe that's just me, but that sort of all - over rush that happens when you are either lau….

The first time I saw 'Sunset Boulevard' I was probably eight or nine years old, and it really struck me how it's so simply put and elegant, yet there….

I am more comfortable on set than I am in my own home..

My father is so jolly, and I live a really happy life. I think that's why all my interest in the darker things in films comes up: because I'm curious….

I still fall asleep with the TV on, because I'm used to falling asleep with people yelling 'Action!' and 'Cut!.

I love how a story can help someone discuss something they otherwise would not..

When you finish some film and you let it out there, it is completely out of your control. You've done what you've done, you haven't done what you hav….

I don't think if you asked any of my childhood friends they would say that I had a weird childhood; they might say there weren't a lot of regular rul….

For me, I was given a great gift by my father and my mother in that I was never told any idea was bad. I was told I could explore any thought as long….

For me, one of the most important things I look for in an actor is whether we can converse. Do we have a similar ability to discuss a character?.

('Eraserhead') may seem like a dark film, but my father and I watch it, and all we do is laugh. It was Disneyland everyday on the set. That's when I ….

My life is perfectly happy and giggly and I'm perfectly grateful every day; if there are problems to have, the ones I have are the ones to have; I'm ….

I may not be wealthy; I'm living from pay check to pay check, but I get to make movies, which is what I love to do..

I'm a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa, a big Hitchcock fan..

Writing was my companion and stories were my companion when I was bedridden and didn't think I was going to walk again and all of that treacherous st….

Some people are just not going to like me and they're not going to like my work. But that doesn't mean I'm a bad person..

I really believe that if you're going to bring a child into the world, it's your job to parent that world. Especially if it's just you; you don't paw….

I want to investigate what scares me and worries me..

Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen..

Trust yourself so that the mistakes you make are the ones you've made and not something you've made because you were afraid to do what you wanted to ….

When you love something, it never goes away..