I loved playing Edward Scissorhands because there's nothing cynical, jaded, or impure about him. It's almost a letdown to look in the mirror and realize I'm not Edward.
A fatwoman came into the shoe store today. Wanted a pair of shoes for a christmas party. I told her to stand on her hands, put a star in her butt and go as the world's largest, ugliest tree!
I am not a political man and I have no political convictions. I am an individual and a believer in liberty. That is all the politics I have. On the other hand I am not a super-patriot. Super-patriotism leads to Hitlerism – and we've had our lesson there. I don't want to create a revolution – I just want to create a few more films.
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