I'm a wonderful disaster. So are you. We're all a mess. We're in this culture that says take this pill and you'll be happy, go on this diet and you'll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more.

I used to Google my name to see what came up - it hurt.

We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That's what connects us-that we're all broken, all beautifully imperfect.

My father is the Hollywood equivalent of a clean, fillet-brazed frame. My brother is like one of those fat-tubed aluminum Cannondales. I'm more like one of those Taiwanese Masis.

Americans are probably more in line than ever before. We're more moderate than we are liberal or conservative.

We need to risk, we need to dare to risk and fail greatly because that's the only way we grow.

This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want.