Acting is different from stand-up. It gives you this ability to enter into another character, to create another person.
Art is kind of the lens through which I think about God.
A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see.
Its such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, Im going to really work hard for it and give it and its just going to matter to people. You really have to believe it all on your own.
For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family. Being the people that they are - they're crazy - made it possible for me to be crazy and to live a lifestyle of my own design.
I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.
Tears were for the weaker days, I'm stronger now
It's all about who your team is and who your people are.
I like confounding expectations. I can expand what it is I am able to do, and hopefully get to do more weird, interesting projects like this. There's nothing wrong with doing comedies, and I'm not against comedies, either, but I always want to do stuff that keeps me off my guard and gets me out of my comfort zone. And how the audience perceives that. . . It's out of my hands. And I don't get that frustrated by it, because I'm on to the next thing at that point.
We have defeated Saddam Hussein and Iraq. The good news is Iraq is ours, and the bad news is Iraq is ours.