I figured I would have to tell someone to kiss my ass before it was all over, and I have -- twice.

Life is magical and I guess my thing is I wish that people wanted that magic.

Playing normal-looking characters really intimidatesme. I got into acting to play anyone but me.

Directing takes a good chunk of your life out. It's a very hard thing. As an actor, you go in for a couple of months and do your job, and then you move onto another one. As a director, it's with you for quite some time and you're responsible for the entire thing, whether the results are good or bad, or whether people throw darts at you or put you on a pedestal.

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.

I don't think anybody chooses to be an underdog.

I tend to like to move on. I don't sit around and dwell on things much.