Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps me critical of myself. Maybe it keeps me moving forward.

If we try to define our own moral universe, there's a price for that.

The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.

On the day he had colonic irrigation: 'I feel I lost my virginity that day in so many ways.'

I like to shoot until we have a relaxed environment on the set, and I try to schedule that.

You have to look also to the media, where you have a vast majority of the loudest and most influential political voices in America media from people who came from the entertainment world.

My professional success is really important to me, and my career is really important to me. It's the most important thing to me outside of my family. I take it very seriously and work really, really hard at it. Family comes first, but this is something that's really important to me too.