My goal, whenever entering a project, is always to gain 12 pounds.

You can't guarantee that you'll make a great movie, but you can make a greater effort than I made at trying to see that the basics are there.

The worst thing is to read bad reviews and go, "Yeah, I agree."

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

I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves.

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.

I honestly would tell anyone young to start looking at stories and learning story, because I think that’s the next step after people go, ‘OK, I’ve had enough of that improvisation, I’ve had enough of those short comedy bits. Tell me a story, tell me a more complex story, something that lasts and maybe has a little more meaning to it.’ Don’t ever look at what’s happening now; look at what’s coming next.