It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard.

Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was bought out, gussied up and presented to the world, which found it good.

We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dream life.

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.

I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there.

My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?' That's terrible habit for an actor, but that's a good habit for director. So I became a director.

I won't ever do e-mail.