A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

I come from the belief that all good films find their time whether it's on opening week or sometime later. That's certainly true with some of my favourite films that might relate to this [The Assassination of Jesse James] film in terms of cadence like Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, or McCabe & Mrs Miller or Days of Heaven. I found them 10 to 20 years after they were made.

[Fatherhood] is everything.... The hardest job in the world, the most rewarding job in the world.... We put in long days. And to go home and have dinner with your kids, and have to discipline one of them who's out of line, and still have the energy for that is.... I can't explain the fulfillment of that, but it is everything.

We in America have some grand ideals - and some very strong ideals - but a lot of times, those ideals are used for marketing.

Self improvement is masturbation. Now self destruction.

You dont know someone until you know what they want.

The woman is the reflection of her man. If you love her to the point of madness, she will become it