Connecting to something keeps our empathy alive.
My favorite film is always the one that I most recently worked on.
I like fat people more then I like thin people, things are always a lot more funnier when they happen to fat people.
I majored in Chinese Studies. I'm probably the only director of chicken Indian zombie movies who can speak pretty good Mandarin.
The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40 years to create art that is totally personal and is what I believe in.
I would only make a movie that I believe in. If I didn't believe in it, it would be unworthy.
Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.
No one can lead our lives for us. We are responsible for our actions. So people-especially the younger generation--need to be very careful especially where safe sex is concerned.
When I see some of the people who are glorified in magazines these days - who are so thin it's bordering on sickness - I just feel exhausted.
If you've got a today, don't wear it tomorrow. Tomorrow never happens. It's all the same day.
I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.