I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
People are attracted to entertainment, for sure, or jokes, excitement and romantically heightened stories that might be false, but are still attractive fantasies.
Cancer Boy probably has the saddest, noblest, sweetest heart of any character I've ever done.
I don't see why it's such a stretch for distributors, buyers, and studios to put cartoon characters into adult situations on film.
Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.
I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.
And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations.
The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.
'Doctor Who' is pretty dark, I think. Generally it's dark; it's always been dark.
To observe a profoundly stupid individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel contempt for them.
Now, all of a sudden, every college and every university has an opera theater. Every little city has its little group.
Most people are blown away by the fact that Beck is Jewish... and Billy Joel. I didn't know he was Jewish.
The only thing I can do is type. I learned that when I was 13.
I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted.
I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.
Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.
The media has gone through lots of things that make it a less foreign thing to have your lead character be gay.
There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.
I think if a woman describes herself as a brilliant cook, she’s a bit full of herself.
Now begin in the middle, and later learn the beginning; the end will take care of itself.
I never liked socially conscious rap. I like rap that's physical, that's about a beat and bass and repetition.
