"My coolest job was when I was 12 and I was a dishwasher at the Three Pigs Bar-B-Que for $2.50 an hour. All the fleabags and stoners worked there, so that's where I wanted to be."
Teens are always shown as one dimensional. They're stereotyped. When I was in high school, I cared about more than getting a date or making the team. Your teen years are a time when you deal with some deep issues. Your feelings are on the line. Why can't more movies and TV shows be about those emotions? Then they'd really have something to say. That's why I was so proud of My So-Called Life. The stories hooked me emotionally. I think that's what it should all be about."
"One memory I have is there were a lot of dogs at this one place and my brother got in a horrific fight with a dog and the dog bit his toe off. They became fast friends after that. He lost a toe and gained a friend."
"We all create a world for ourselves. We live within it and whether it's our comfort zone, our creative zone, professional, sexual, or whatever it is, we live in our own kind of circles and cycles. It's something that you sometimes want to break out of." "I've always been fascinated with otherworldly elements - signs and symbols and their relationships with cultures and subcultures."
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You've got so many machines, Richard. Go on, give us a snare rush!
"I spent some time in prison. Just the normal stuff. Listen, I've had so much edge in my life, I don't need to contrive any. I'm not gonna front like Mr Angst."