The last real movie stars were probably Redford and Newman. And things were different then. There wasn't this amazing amount of magazines and information about them.

I've always been an optimist.

The directors are always sharp. It's true.

I find that it's a very odd thing to think of competition when you're talking about what I still think of as art. I don't think of competing with actors or filmmakers at all. You do compete, in a way, at the box office, but we're far enough apart when both films are coming out that I'm not concerned with that either.

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

Failures are infinitely more instructive than successes.

I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad's sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.