Alejandro Amenabar is a different kind of director than I lot of the directors I've asked for. He really asks you to enter his dream as opposed to, you know, a guy like Sidney Lumet or something is going to ask you to create a character almost like a documentary. He wants you to make the people really real and he's going to capture it like a documentarian.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

The biggest problem in my life is trying to be the kind of man that I want to be, the father that I want to be, and how to process the failure of my marriage.

There is no trick to writing a believable love story, a heartbreaking scene or real-sounding dialogue. All you need is to tell the truth. It’s always heartbreaking.

One of the things that's really lousy about making movies is that you have such little interaction with your audience.

I'm magically delicious.

The writing process was some of the most exciting and rewarding moments of my life. It felt a lot like being in a band.