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

Right now the only people I can really fall in love with are people who don't really, truly want me around. Now why do I do that?

One of the hardest things about my job is that there kind of is no one rulebook that applies to all situations.

My relationship to reality has been so utterly skewed for so long that I don't even notice it any more. It's just my reality.

It is very difficult for any couple who are married if both people are ambitious. I don't know if it's just too hard to be married to a woman that wants to be a movie star.

We're fascinated by things that scare us, and one of the things that scares us is violence. Violence exists. It's a real part of our lives. We are obsessed with what we're scared of, but it certainly doesn't define us.

There's something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious.