When people come together too young, they try to become one person. As you get older, you realize that you don't want to become one person because then you lose the person you are.

I knew Danny DeVito and he knew me, so he wanted me to try Death to Smoochy. I loved that stuff and had a great time doing it.

When I think about directing a film, the thing that stops me short is wondering if I'm a natural at it the way I think you, and PTA, and Fincher are born directors. Maybe some people's talent is in understanding the ways that film communicates, without dialogue, without plot.

If I ever have to stop taking the subway, I'm gonna have a heart attack.

Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.

I don't get much out of doing a red carpet.

For Keeping the Faith, I looked at [George ] Cukor's old films like The Philadelphia Story, stuff that's hilariously funny and really smart with a cutting critique in the humor, too. With this, when I read it, I was laughing a lot.