I think many years ago I got on a bus in L.A. and drove around to see the stars' homes, but that's the extent of my direct experience in Hollywood.

I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse.

If I close my eyes and think of Hollywood, all I see is one big varicose vein.

I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later.

I think insecurity does drive people. I know it's what drove me to push for the work I've got.

We had gunfire up and down here. We had looters over here. We drove in with a bus. We had people jumping in the windows stealing stuff. We had one gasoline truck that was commandeered by the feds when it was coming in the other day. But from our perspective, the easiest thing for us was to get everything up and rolling.