I'm about to go to Sundance for my 3rd year, and Sundance has never felt like a real independent festival at all. On the other hand, it might to start feel that way.

We're all real people with moments of intense honesty and pathos and humanity. We all experience that, whether you're comedic or not.

Directing is probably the best job, but acting is really, really great. It's like a fun vacation that you get paid for.

Acting in particular is a fun job when you have a good script. I don't know about acting when you don't have a great script. I'm gonna say that's not a great job, it's kind of a dumb job. But when you have a good part in a good script, it's the best job, in a way.

You say you're going to be the pope, become the pope.

It's fun to discover things. I wouldn't want everything laid out, simply and too obviously.

If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.