If you don't risk doing something foolish, you'll never do anything special.

I think that if you walk through this life and I end up being a bad father, then it won't matter anything else I achieved in my life. It will all be irrelevant.

It is quite rare to find people who are really dedicated to a level of excellence. Most of us are really quite lazy most of the time.

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

When you do 'Before Sunset,' you know while it's a limited audience, there was a very small group of people that love 'Before Sunrise.' You feel a certain pressure to make sure that you uphold a level of quality that has been a bar. You set a bar and you have to at least match it.

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

I love working on scripts. I love coming up with ideas about what people would dress like or talk like. I love all that.