I Cast Unusual People In My Movies.

If You Look At The Best-seller List For American Fiction, They're All Sequels To Detective Stories Or Stories About Hunting Serial Killers. That's What's Called American Fiction These Days.

My Friend Harry Nilsson Used To Say The Definition Of An Artist Was Someone Who Rode Way Ahead Of The Herd And Was Sort Of The Lookout. Now You Don't Have To Be That, To Be An Artist. You Can Be Right Smack-dab In The Middle Of The Herd. If You Are, You'll Be The Richest.

When You Improvise On The Spot, People Are Very Reluctant To Have Soft Moments Or Quiet Moments Or Sad Moments Because They're Trying To Fill Up The Spaces. So They Always Go Towards, "how Come You're Late?! You're Supposed To Have My Shirt Ready! You Call This A Dry Cleaner?!" That's What Happens. That's Why Improvising On The Spot Gets Very Dicey.

I Think Anger And Laughter Are Very Close To Each Other, When You Think About It.

I've Always Felt Like I Work In A Small Little Area That Doesn't Represent Anything Like The Rest Of Society.