The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues.

I enjoy living in a nice house and having a nice life. So I do two or three commercials overseas a year to sort of fill in, because they pay pretty well.

If you try desperately to hang on to something that used to be a success for you, it's going to go away. You have to change.

Life’s better with company. Everybody needs a co-pilot.

For me the definition of a patriot is someone who is willing to constantly question the government; that’s what separates us from other countries.

I grew up at a time where I think most people had a social and political conscience. Some of the biggest changes in our country's political history happened at the time I was growing up, so I was raised to be a part of those things and to participate and I will continue to do that as much as I can.

I didn't enjoy working with Bill [Murray]. We fought a lot... but I've let go of some of the anger and we seem to get along fine now.