Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel; I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family.

I want my weekends off and I want to put my kids to bed. Those are good reasons to want to be in 'Batman 2'.

Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.

That's what sets apart one actor from another, and that you can't teach. You can't give someone that. When you're working, putting a character together, or in a scene, that's where things will happen that you have to have the intuition to notice them, and to register them.

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you'll be O.K.

'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.