The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtimes Funniest Person in America. And thats a really tough title to travel around with when youre not even known. – Ellen DeGeneres
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power. – Amy Tan
I didnt watch much TV as a kid and I don t watch it now. I don t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you cant do in film is make a continuing story – which is so cool! – David Lynch