You don't know what the pattern of flour and chicken is going to be, but you know you're going to get some good fried chicken.

Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity.

You get old, you slow down.

(I) try new things and give myself permission to fail and experiment because only that way can you get really successful.

I'm sure I can make a movie that doesn't feel like a seventies movie! But the truth is, that's my favorite era in American filmmaking. To me, those were the great years.

I think when you have children, it just changes your worldview.

The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons of being tempted to do a really big movie because it costs a lot of money.