It's much more fun to play something you're nothing like than what you are... It's much easier to hide yourself in a character.

Are you going to pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?

As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.

What I think the mentor gets is the great satisfaction of helping somebody along, helping somebody take advantage of an opportunity that maybe he or she did not have.

If you cast a film incorrectly, then you're going to be fighting an uphill battle.

I've never been on a movie where they play five-dollar Friday. I must not be very observant.

As you get older you try to do things that please you more. You get a little more selfish. You start thinking I want to do things where I enjoy myself.