I don't know if winning at any cost is wrong or not. There are times I've thought that the end justified the means.

When you're young, you tend to believe what people tell you, and that's dangerous. As you get older, you learn that you're never as good or as bad as they say you are. If you understand this, you win.

I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.

As a director, I do very few takes, because I feel like you hire the right actor and they'll do the job right. And the directors that I've worked with and had the best luck with - Jason and [ Steven] Soderbergh and the Coen brothers - all have been that kind of director.

I know what my limitations are as an actor, but my strength is putting myself into a well-written part. When I get in trouble is when I have to fix it, or when I have to carry it on personality.

Shutting down the government is not how you make government work.

Who would name their kid Jack with the last words 'off' at the end of the last name? No wonder that guy is screwed up.