It got a lot of people talking about it again.

As ridiculous as it is for anybody who knows how movies are made, there were people who actually wrote in reviews that this picture [Bad Influence] had been put out to capitalize on the scandal. Which, of course, would have been impossible.

In L.A. Confidential, it was great to surprise the audience with Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe - two Australian actors that they didn't know at all - and let people discover them through the course of the film.

This girl, I can't tell you how much ... well, just how proud I am of her. She is going to surprise so many people with this.

I prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves.