Throw your children in the surf and let them get used to it. They have to learn all about rips and tides and swimming between the flags and all that sort of stuff. I know that sounds ridiculous but it's true.

By the time I finished comedy, I was really burnt out of it. I had had enough. I don't really have a strong desire to prove myself in that area, or to go back to it in any great way.

When I shoot I'll take my family with me - one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home.

You have to be proactive about your destiny and then realize that the other half of it is completely out of your control. I think it's fascinating.

It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.

I loved working with him [Justin Chadwick]. He was very smart in how he assembled the people around him and had a crew that he knew very well. He was very comfortable on the set and I never felt that I was working with a first-time filmmaker.

A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married.