We had a work session [in "Moneyball"] where about 30 scouts came in and we're all riffing. And after it, [director] Bennett Miller said: Look at these faces and this is what we have to got to do. We got to get these guys in the scene.

It's hard to be surprised by a film. It's hard to be surprised by another actor or by a director when you've seen enough and been around. So when I am, or when I forget that I'm watching someone's movie, or when I don't know how someone made a certain turn that I didn't expect... You know, I'm in.

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.

By employing the intelligence of natural systems we can create industry, buildings, even regional plans that see nature and commerce not as mutually exclusive but mutually coexisting.

My main concern is quality and I think there is quality to be found in all categories of filmmaking.

You don't really get to choose who you fall in love with. Love chooses you.

Crime is just unvarnished capitalism, after all.