When I was a teenager, you couldn't get straight pants. Then in '76, when punk started to hit, it was a revelation that you could find straight pants again.

Everybody's vying for people's attention in terms of eyeballs, earholes, and dollars.

I like to give the actors freedom to take what we have on the page and improve on it. And they do that quite a bit.

The thing with movies is, because you have so little time, I always feel like there are more things we could've done with the character. If we'd done a sequel to 'The Thomas Crown Affair,' what would that have been like? But for the most part, you try not to think of that, because it's just going to break your heart.

There's not going to be a 'Rescue Me' movie. Not a chance.

My career plan at this point is 'Ice Age 5' through '10,' and even '12,' and 'Spider Man' - you know, basically I'd be Emma Stone's dad for the rest of my career. I really don't have any problem doing that.

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