I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world.

Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging.

Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.

So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done.

You can only be a virgin once. There can only be one first time.

A grandparent will tell you, "Have fun!" and a parent will tell you, "Be safe, do a good job, make me proud." You know what I mean? I try to grandparent myself now, because it's important to have fun, it's important to impart the fun in things to other people.

Every film is its own experience, its own planet, its own family. It seems infinite when you're working on it, and then it's suddenly very finite, and it's done.