“I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.”

“I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.”

“Hair color is the easiest way to change your appearance, but a bad dye job might draw more attention to you.”

“I have a love/hate relationship with jogging.”

“I could never really choose a favorite book, but whenever I'm asked what my favorite movie is, I always say 'Withnail & I,' a British film from 1987. It's funny and sad and absolutely gorgeous to look at. It's the film I can watch over and over again.”

“I wrote my first screenplay on a lark, because it was a storytelling format that felt like a familiar shorthand - we all watch movies, don't we? But even though I grew up in Los Angeles, my family was entirely unconnected with the movie industry, and I never truly believed that it would one day be my fate.”

“Although I'm not an orphan and I can't lift a horse. I was, however, briefly famous for my feats of strength: at about age 11, I could competitively arm-wrestle a full-grown man.”

“Humor is the only way to tell a story. Especially the dark ones.”

“I've always adored the filmmaker Sam Fuller. The first time I watched 'Shock Corridor' was such a magnificent discovery. I love his lack of subtlety, the way he tackles serious topics with bold and inappropriate humor.”

“I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.”

“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.”