I wish I could always look like I've just finished a really good laugh.

You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you.

I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen.

I take comfort that aging happens to everybody. It's part of life. Aging offers great lessons in dignity, since the indignity wins in the end. Yes, it bothers me when I have lines or puffiness or droops. But it connects me with the human race. Like weather bringing people together, aging brings people together.

If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have.

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

For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract.