A lot of kids, when they go to church, they don't really pay much attention to what they're saying or whatever.
My mom was a psychic. And there's a movie called The Gift that I'd written years ago with Cate Blanchett which is loosely based on my mom.
I think people can live a religious life and yet believe in things maybe outside the box a little bit.
We don't shoot in L.A. much anymore. You know, TV and movies, most everything's shot other places.
I got in drama class in high school and I only got in there because there were girls and I thought maybe I could make a grade above a C in something.
We didn't have a movie theatre until I was about nine, so I just didn't see them. But, once I got into movies I loved them.
I know that I loved music before I loved movies, simply because I didn't see movies as a kid.
My songs aren't built around choruses or hooks or anything like that. That's kind of how I write screenplays too.
You can write when you're dyslexic, you just can't read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I found the short story format a real nice one. I love short stories and I love short documentaries or short films of any kind.
Songwriting and screenwriting aren't that different to me.
If something really strikes a chord with an audience, if it pops on TV, I don't mind watching it for a few minutes.
I know it's boring to say this but I always start with the script. I mean if it's well written and it's a character that I haven't necessarily played before.
Now the idea in the movie world is to make things the same. And in the TV world, the idea is to do something different, so... that's why I'm here!
As most characters are that I play, there's a lot of me in it, anyway.
I think my stuff's kind of obsolete now, you know? I'm making Model Ts or something, and everybody else is making spaceships.
After you've done 60-something movies, you're always looking for something different.
I worked as a roadie in the rock and roll business which was great fun. Very little money, very little food and the whole thing about the roadie's lifestyle is great because all the groupies have to go through the roadies to get to the rock stars. It's not necessarily true.
Sometimes we don't want the bad guy to get caught because otherwise the story is over. You want to at least see it through to the end.
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career.
I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.
When you weigh 135 pounds and you're telling people who are 6'4" and 250 pounds to get out of your way, how do you do that? Well, a lot of that is in the eyes.
At my dad's funeral I didn't cry when my dad died. I did it years later when I forgave him, which I've totally forgiven him and I loved my dad.
I can't imagine laying a finger on my kids. I go the other way and probably because my father was so abusive.
If you're going to take care of your kids and pay for your house and do something good for adults, you have to do something on television now.
People's attention spans are a little shorter these days. Same thing with food and movies.
