I'm really much better at asking questions than answering them, since asking questions is like a constant deflection of oneself.

It's always surprised me that mainstream America had the good taste to like R.E.M. It doesn't have the digestible quality the general public tends to look for in its favorite musicians.

The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine [1981], where there's a deranged killer in a miner mask stalking a small coal town.

There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.

I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.

When you create a fence, you keep people out, but you also limit your mobility.

I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

I've never had a mentor. I've always wanted one. I'm actually really disappointed that nobody took my under their wing.

Looking back, [R.E.M.]videos, by in large, have always been art films. I'm thinking of "Losing My Religion." That's a landmark piece.

There is a value to moving more slowly through a story.

There's also something sexual about watching the nubile girl in terror. But you do take on her fear as your own.

Fear in the absence of certainty can inspire men to do unimaginable things.

Follow your passion and learn how to make money at it. Or don't follow your passion and learn to make money at that. They are the same. It's a choice.

If somebody asks you where you are going, tell him you are going to everywhere, because future is a path going to everywhere!

Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never gets boring.

Hold your tongue; you won't understand anything. If there is no God, then I am God.

At any given moment, public opinion is a chaos of superstition, misinformation, and prejudice.

A real friend ... exults in his friend’s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.

I don’t think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You’re just pulled to that person like true north, whether it’s good for you or bound to break your heart.

You have to always work against what you did before, and even against your taste.

Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn't seem right.