Getting Quotes

Not getting bored of my own story and/or character is one of the main struggles.

The more a man is successful in getting out (or coming out) from his own individuality, of his egoist self, and to control (or dominate) the instincts of his physical nature.

With ‘New Rose Hotel,’ I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that’s all I was going to get.

Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:

In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.

It’s been very rewarding. I’m not getting the 20 million bucks for the new movies, but at least I’m getting warmth and recognition from people wherever I go.

Getting chased home from the bus stop after school by English kids, boarding school, being targeted for praying to what they call Allah wallah ding dong.

What’s cool about renting is that you don’t care about your house getting destroyed. So I think that is the number

I’m getting paid to wake up America every morning!

I didn’t get involved in it; I started what then became a movement.