"I actually do see rock and roll as pop music. I think the distinction I was making was that I was going out of my way to have a very consistent approach to production, where nothing kind of punctures the reality - or, I guess, the fake reality - of the album and what you're listening to from beginning to end."

“TV is just such a fast-moving medium that you do what you can do, and what you can't do, you don't worry about too much.”

Source : Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. November 24, 2008.

“I'm willing to be regarded as a tyrant to keep my vision intact.”

“Physicality is the basis of performance.”

Source : David Petersen (2007). “The Well-Tempered Body: Expressive Movement for Actors, Improvisers, and Performance Artists”, p.9, David Petersen

“Our only weapons in this war of your lifetime are the weapons of the mind.”

“I've done some collaborations which have ended up like Chinese whispers, but the most successful was with Tilda Swinton... Together we transcended our previous work and made something better together than we could have done apart.”

“I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.”

Source : "Rob Corddry walks us through Childrens Hospital's third season". Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. October 26, 2011.

“Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle.”

“Why should people be expected to think about the meaning of life merely because they happen to be ill? That is just the time when there is no time to think about such things, because the body is so greedy for attention.”

Source : Ferdinand Mount (1991). “Of love and asthma”, Vintage