It doesn't matter how you get knocked down in life, because that's going to happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up.

Sure, I suffered a lot. But it's not like the end of the world and it's not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and I'm able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life.

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.

You have to be kind to people. Treat them decently. There's no excuse for not.

I really think that everybody would like to be an actor. Why wouldn't they? It's great work if you can get it. The one thing that prevents most people from saying, 'I'm just gonna go to Hollywood!' is that it seems unrealistic.

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or a line.

I never really thought of myself as a beefcake kind of guy.