When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.

I've never felt like my career has been on fire.

Audiences don't ever disappoint me, in the sense that movies I feel really good about, they usually feel really good about too.

I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.

Good scripts and interesting stories are hard enough to find.

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.

'Little Miss Sunshine' was one of those small movies that you don't hold out huge hope for. It's usually found in small pockets. But, it ended up getting a real following and worked out pretty well.