Don't think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you'll never do a thing.

I'm over the Oscar thing. I feel that if you really want an Oscar, you're in trouble. It's like wanting to be married - you'll take anybody. If you want the Oscar really badly, it becomes a naked desire and ambition. It becomes very unattractive. I've seen it.

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."

Don't think about your errors or failures; otherwise, you'll never do a thing.

People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over. It's over the day that child is born. It's over, and something completely new starts.

Here's the thing, you just have to drive a lot faster, and if you don't get there, we're both fired.

The last thing I want is to be (in a film role) is obvious, direct and offensive.