Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there.

These days and times you can't do eclectic records. In the '60s you could, but not anymore.

I can't sit through plays and musical theatre. I just want to run up onstage and mess up their hair and turn over the furniture.

After you've done 60-something movies, you're always looking for something different.

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.

Directing is a big responsibility to take on. I think I'm only good at doing things I know very well. I don't direct movies because I get offered the new vampire movie or science fiction movie. I don't get offered those, anyway, but if I did, I would just tell 'em, "Look, I'm the wrong guy." I only do things about people and situations, and I do the ones that I think I'm the best guy for the job on, which is usually something I generate myself.

We don't shoot in L.A. much anymore. You know, TV and movies, most everything's shot other places.