If a character dies, you get to do a big, juicy death scene. But the flip side is you're out of the sequel, which is where the real money is.

You can have good writing, but a great actor will make it feel and sound like great writing. You can have great writing, and mediocre actors will make it feel mediocre. Without the actors, you have nothing.

Having dealt with a lot of real firefighters, I know there are a lot of guys who, for lack of a better term, become addicted to the grief because it has kept them connected to these guys that they felt responsible for having lost.

If you do good work, it tends to stick around. People still come up to me and say, "'The Ref' is my favorite Christmas movie."

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.

Nobody can make more fun of me than I already make of myself.

I think all priests should be married.