I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train.

I had a very bad time with acid. I did that classic thing of looking in the mirror by mistake and seeing the devil. But I took it several times, because you always think that next time you might have the wonderful time that everyone else is having.

Nowadays the big Hollywood studios only make about three movies a year, and they cost about $200 million each. There's no room for error in that, and not a lot of room, I would think, for free expression.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.