Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.

When I go into a pitch room and I'm pitching something with a writing partner, everybody tends to look at the guy, even if I'm doing a lot of the talking.

Life is beautiful because it doesn't last.

There are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world.

I think one thing for sure that you learn the more films that you make is how important it is to choose your collaborators.

A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience.

The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If Im afraid of it, then I want to do it.