When I was growing up, I was watching fairly standard American cinema.

I feel like, throughout lots of my life, especially growing up, I felt powerless.

I didn't enjoy growing up. I was lonely. That's probably my base level to feel like that.

My straight friends accept I'm gay but they forget that some people don't. Even now, if I go into a party, people don't usually assume I'm gay, so you have to keep coming out. And if you say you've got a film with a gay subject matter, you can sometimes see people's eyes going, 'Oh! OK!'

If financial assets no longer work for you at a rate far and above the rate of true wealth creation, then you must work longer for your money.

I asked certain rich men if they felt embittered. 'How could we not?' they said. So I asked them what caused this anguish. They blamed their wealth.

Money is just a low priority for me. I'm more interested in good work than a big bank account.

Starship was a whole different thing. It was pop rock. It made more money and had more hit songs than Airplane. There was no cultural or social ethic behind it. For me, it was like selling out. I was the only one selling out. The rest enjoyed doing what they were doing.