High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open yourself up comedically, which is fun.

Unless you're flat out dead, you have to think of some other questions like: what's on the other side? It brings up issues of God, or no God. How does he play into this? Or he, or she, or it? How does it all play into this?

High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open yourself up comedically, which is fun.

There comes a point in your life when you realize how quickly time goes by, and how quickly it has gone. Then it really speeds up exponentially. With that, I think you start to put a lot of things into context; you start to see how huge the world is, and really, the universe.

'Beetlejuice' was a romp, man. 'Beetlejuice' was fun. I've never had so much fun in my life.

Actors don't get to be well-known if they're horrible.

Actors will say 'yes' to anything.

Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed.

Anyone can be a celebrity now; this is not a big deal anymore.

Chris Guest movies are funny.

Chris Nolan is great, but I've never seen any of the 'Batman' movies all the way through. I know they're good. I just have zero interest in those kinds of movies.

David Letterman used to say, 'I wasn't the class clown, but I wrote for him,' and that's exactly it. You want to be known to be funny without having it pointed out.

Filmmaking is the ultimate team sport.

From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than 'Beetlejuice.' In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique.

Generally, I move in the direction of art.

Guys never really get over their toys.

Guys who go on and on about loving women usually don't.

Have I ever been to a party with a ton of famous people in it? Yes, several times, so I guess that's a Hollywood lifestyle.

Historically, I'm not a great patient when it comes to slowing down.

I always knew the way in was Bruce Wayne. It wasn't Batman. It was never Batman. That was the key.

I always think that I'm not going to be right for a movie or that there's someone else who can do it better.

I always thought what made 'Beetlejuice' look so great was because it looked like some genius kid made it in his basement.

I can't sleep the first night in a hotel room.

I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim.

I come from a background where you don't really talk about yourself much.

I didn't go to church all the time, just 'cause I was an antsy kid.

I don't know - sometimes I catch myself being dark, and it's annoying. I think, 'Get over it.' I bore myself. But sometimes, like everybody, I'm sure I am obsessive.

I don't know how to not be outside since I was a little kid.

I get kinda self-conscious. I don't want to know about my eyebrows. I'm born with them.

I guess I'm probably a Method actor; I don't know... I just think of it as staying in the zone.

I had a real strong fantasy life as a kid. But then you grow up and think about real jobs.

I have a lot of energy, and I move around a lot in my club act.

I have some tremendous, tremendously loving, generous friends all over the world.

I hope this doesn't sound pretentious, but I very often like the way Europeans make movies. I think sometimes that don't they care about having to clean certain things.

I liked 'Robocop' because of the director, and it was an intelligent, big-action studio movie.

I liked going to Catholic school.

I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.'

I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really respectful, but at same time saying to yourself, 'Don't back down a single inch, hang with these guys if you can.' If they throw it high and tight you have to stand in there, you can't take yourself out of that moment.

I reached a point where I didn't think I was that great. I'm not being humble. I was looking at things and thinking: 'You're not really good in that'. I think I was becoming boring as well as bored. It was nobody's fault except mine - probably - and it might not even be my fault.

I read that John Hughes script for 'Mr. Mom,' and I thought, 'This guy is a funny writer.' I went: 'You ought to stick around and direct this thing.' But he didn't; he left, and look what he became. A really legendary comedy director.

I really believed that Batman had the potential to be one of the coolest guys in cinema.

I really like to hear actors talk about acting, but I don't really like hearing myself talk.

I remember my mom threatening me, half-serious: 'You know what? I should take you to Pittsburgh and put you in dance lessons just to keep you occupied.' Well, that brought everything to a screeching halt. 'Jeeze, dance lessons.' In retrospect, it would have been awesome, but then, 'Ugh, dancing - dancing's for sissies.'

I saw 'Wild,' and I thought, 'Wow, this is a lot of things, but one of the things is it's a therapist's dream and a climate-change denier's nightmare.'

I saw some Pixar movies like 'The Incredibles' and thought, 'This is extraordinary. These are some of the best movies I've seen.'

I think one reason I really like women and like working with women is because of my sisters.

I took my play very seriously, and I got way, way lost in my play world.

I try to not be or associate with elitists.

I used to work on a survey crew, because my dad was an engineer, but he was also a surveyor.