Directing is much more satisfying to me than acting.

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

I think the reason why a lot of young people are such screw ups... is oftentimes they didn't have the luxury I had of forming important relationships and opinions and life experiences before having success.

I can't give you 150 takes. I can't even give you 30 different ways of doing it! I don't have the talent or the range for it.

'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer.

When you first start out as an actor, you're just looking for a good part. As time goes on, if you're being held responsible for the movies themselves, you're looking for a good script all around.

I'm the flavor of the month.