Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.

I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.

A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.

I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see.

I've been a fan of movies longer than anything else. One thing I learned a long time ago is that you can't translate a book literally to the screen. It won't work because it's a different medium. And it would be the same in reverse.

I'm twice as funny, I'm twice as smart, I'm twice as whatever when I'm around other people that challenge me.

In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it.