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I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.

'Sunshine' is really an experiment for me to see if I am a filmmaker beyond having my own stories to tell.

John Malkovich is such an interesting person and such a fun actor to work with.

I believe the director is the one that sets the mood and if you have this hysterical director it's a domino effect. I would work for him forever, for nothing. Don't tell my agent that.

One of the great things that you should never do that I learned from John Malkovich is to never judge your characters.

There are wonderful films that become studio films, but they're conceived independently. That's where the action is. 'Being John Malkovich' is a great example of a picture you wouldn't think the studios would want, and it turns out to be a movie that touches everybody's heart.

Of course, the whole Andy Kaufman angle was classic. I'm real proud of that. I mean that is something people are still talking about 20 years later, making movies about and that sort of thing. I mean not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention Andy Kaufman to me.

I'm a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa, a big Hitchcock fan.

I've always been a fan of Andy Kaufman.

I'll look at the script and I'll try to find as many books, movies, and pieces of music that I think are going to feed each scene or the character as a whole.