I remember when first Stripes and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good.

I have a feeling one of those gut feelings that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

I'm intrigued by films that have a singular vision behind them. A lot of studio movies have ten writers by the time they're done. You have a movie testing 200 times making adjustments according to various people's opinions. It's difficult to have an undistilled vision.

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

Dance vaudeville drama movies - as a child I loved everything that went on in a theater.

I love doing serious movies for adults.

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

I'm not looking to lose anything. I'm looking to continue making movies.

It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.

I usually do get the tomboy parts in the movies which is kind of like me but not totally. I like to shop as much as Ashley but she is a little more of a girlie-girl than me.

I like movies about longing and desperation and dark and light things stories about people struggling to raise children and to have relationships and be intimate with each other.

What I don't like are pompous pretentious movies.

You know I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor.

Cronenberg's a lot of fun and that a lot of people don't know watching his movies. He doesn't take himself seriously. He's still reinventing himself.

I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.

In America we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world the sub-continental world but it's not a conversation it's a monologue. It's always from one point of view. 'If we don't tell our own stories no one will tell them' is my mantra.

Cinema is entertainment and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.