I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.

Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a tough thing and hard to get over.

You know, you're a great barbecuetionist.

If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.

It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.

I do think that sometimes you can invent more palatable or digestible reasons versions or reasons, when perhaps you don't want to admit the truth to yourself, and sometimes we deceive ourselves - along with others - about our reasons and motives.

I'm a fake intellectual.