I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated.

I don't know if [Samuel] Beckett is something you ever bring to the beach - get out of the water, towel off, and start reading some of "The Unnamable." Although, because it's the kind of book you can open to any page and start reading, it is beach reading in that way.

I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'

I also watch a lot of really bad television when I'm writing, "Like Dancing With the Stars," with my daughter.

I think [kids] enjoy reading, but it's a different world now. There are a lot of competitors for the imaginative attention.

I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture and not overpower it.

If young actors ask me things, I always tell them to get on set and watch how it's done. If you can, watch the people that you like, how they work.