I still have the art projects my kids made for me 20 years ago. I cherish them, crude and silly as some of them may be.

All the crap that we've encumbered our lives with, it's really meaningless.

I have a problem with objectifying women, but I don't have a problem playing a guy who objectifies women.

Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.

If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.

Madrid is enjoyed most from the ground, exploring your way through its narrow streets that always lead to some intriguing park, market, tapas bar or street performer. Each night we'd leave our hotel to begin a new adventure in Madrid and nine out of 10 times, we'd walk through the Plaza Mayor.

You make a film and you don't know who it's going to appeal to.