I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have messed with? That's me.

The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more time with family.

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.

An awful lot of good movies have gone unrecognized, and an awful lot of bad movies have had tremendous recognition. As long as you keep that in mind, you are never really disappointed.

If you can make a good picture that actually has some substance, that's doubly good nowadays 'cause most everybody else is trying to address how many CGI plates we're gonna do, what little being is gonna come in from another asteroid.

I don't really get into a big intellectual analysis of why I am going to do a certain script or not.