"Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better."

"Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have to have the strength to survive all the set backs all the failures that make this a mean business, that's getting meaner and meaner every year in my opinion."

"It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul."

"The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story."

"Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach."

"I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game."

"I was nine or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day. He was a manager, the results had not been good, he lost a game on December 22 or 23. On Christmas Day, the telephone rang and he was sacked in the middle of our lunch."

"My mom lived by herself with two kids. Sacrifice was the name of the game at our house."