What I've been noticing is people coming up to me and going, 'Are you an actor?' which is cool. That's ultimately what I want.

I think that's how any actor would make their performance convincing: by bringing an element of themselves into the character.

I'm not interested in 'lovey dovey,' everything is so great in the world. That doesn't interest me at all.

I wanted to be a race car driver when I was a kid.

I'd probably still be a financial journalist now if it weren't for writing novels. Mmm. Fun! I'm much happier writing novels!

Every time I do a movie, especially an animated movie, I just seem to scream and shout and hyperventilate for money.

This dilettante notion that the global economy is evil because big corporate leaders make too much money... they do make too much money, but the only way we've figured out how to generate wealth in this world is through the market economy.

Hype is supposed to overpromise and underdeliver, not overpromise and overdeliver. Usually, it doesn't deliver at all - it takes your money and keeps your pizza.