I want you to take away the hope because that's the thing that's killing me.

The only difference between kids and jungle animals is pants. Kids wear them. Jungle animals don't.

I certainly know guys in comedy, I know some actors, and I definitely know some musicians, who have survived to a certain age and make a good living doing what they do, but nobody knows who they are. They wake up every day and they have the ability to get paid practicing their art, but underneath it all, if you scratched the surface, you still get, "If I only had my own show . . .," or "If I only had my own band . . ." It's what people always do when they want to be their own star.

I'm one of the people that when I wake up I have to do what I do. It's not like I want to do it. I kind of have to do it.

Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you immediately forget every performance he may have previously given, and focus only on the character in front of you.

What I've learned is that life is too short and movies are too long.

I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.