The girls who like me aren't the ones I like. Or, if I do and they want to commit, I suddenly need tons of time with my friends.

I feel like everyone I meet is an imaginary friend. I don't know. The older I get the more I wonder what's real.

My process differs... my process for a Richard Linklater film is very different than a process for Training Day.

It's interesting to get older and realize that part of your job growing up in this profession is to help the next generation. More and more, with Boyhood and with Ellar Coltrane and with Emma [Watson], I start to see that role. There's no better way. Nobody wants advice, so you can't really give it. You just have to try to wish them well on their journey.

I have had so many bad auditions.

The most creative and most periods of my life that were, had the most growth, were the ones where I was perceived to be failing. Perceived success is a, is really hard 'cause it doesn't really, it's not asking you to grow, see failure is asking you to grow.

I'm always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren't just dramas.