You never know how people are going to respond.
There are chords in the human heart- strange, varying strings- which are only struck by accident; which will remain mute and senseless to appeals the most passionate and earnest, and respond at last to the slightest casual touch.
It's weird, because everywhere I go, people yell, 'Grasshopper!' or 'Bill!' but down there in Mexico or Colombia or anywhere in South America or most of Europe, people will yell, 'Serpent's Egg!' And I'll go, 'Wow, man, these people are really hip.'
The most interesting things you learn in an interviews come from the: 'interesting', 'tell me more'
I don't think anyone ever gets over the surprise of how differently one audience's reaction is from another.
My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected.
Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses.
When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to act. Some folks would scream and holler, and I didn't know what to do with that.
Chael will forever go down as one of my favorite interviews because he always kept you on your toes.
One of the strengths of my interviews is that I really, honest to God, have no idea what people are going to say.
It's a new perspective where I got a role in and they are just spewed out of my mouth.
The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking.
I suppose some studio executive would say it's death for a comedy if people aren't all laughing in the same places, but I find with my movies that people laugh in very different places. I can't control it.
