I really don't know what's going to come out of my mouth.

Totie Fields is one of my benchmarks for a lot of things. There was a standard of show business.

And when I told my sons I might be in City of Ember, they said, 'Oh! You're gonna be the mayor?' And I hadn't even read the script yet.

The critics. When they're right, they're right for the wrong reasons. And they're usually wrong.

I realized the more fun I had, the more relaxed I was working, the better I worked.

Be available for life to happen.

I love the financing. It's fun to do studio movies, too. I think you should do both. You don't want to be this, "He's an independent film guy." It sounds like, "He makes his own dresses."