Directing is like putting together a collage.

You need to be a good screen partner. It's very meaningful to me to be a part of great acting performances.

Emma Watson is my kids' favorite actor on the planet. They never took me more seriously than when I was working with her.

Oh, I like going down the rabbit hole. You know, that's kind of my job. When you play Macbeth, you gotta dive down that one. The trick is figuring out how to do it with love and a sense of humor so you can pop back out again. But, kind of the actor's job is to go down the rabbit hole.

Whenever a really passionate, talented filmmaker seems to have an interest in me, I take it very seriously because I like to work.

It's certainly an interesting moment to try to talk about, 'cause you could make a great show about the police force right now, with all that's happening in the news and Ferguson and all of it.

I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.