Be Available For Life To Happen.

While I Have Felt Lonely Many Times In My Life, The Oddest Feeling Of All Was After My Mother, Lucille, Died. My Father Had Already Died, But I Always Had Some Attachment To Our Big Family While She Was Alive. It Seems Strange To Say Now That I Felt So Lonely, Yet I Did.

People Confuse Friendship And Relaxation. It's Incredibly Important To Be Relaxed - You Don't Have A Chance If You're Not Relaxed. So I Try Very Hard To Relax Any Kind Of Tension. But Friendship Is Different.

And When I Told My Sons I Might Be In City Of Ember, They Said, 'oh! You're Gonna Be The Mayor?' And I Hadn't Even Read The Script Yet.

I Think There's Only So Many People That Can Take Care Of Themselves, And Can Take Care Of Other People. And The Rest Of The People … They're Useful In Terms Of Compost For The Whole Planet, You Know.

I'd Like [santa Claus] To Give Wes Anderson, The Director, Enough Money In His Next Budget For An Aerial Shot - Just A Little Copter Shot. He Really Wanted This One Helicopter Shot, And Disney Wouldn't Give Him The Money. Just Wouldn't Give Him The Money. Every Day, He Was Talking To The Studio About This Helicopter Shot.