I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.

I've got to find a compromise where I don't feel compromised. I've got to find something equally good that they don't feel uncomfortable with. At a certain point, it's no longer about what I thought was right, but it's about this new discovery that happens with the actors. It's nice when the actor is also a writer.

I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit.

My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.

You can't love somebody into a state of mental health. A lot of people get into serious relationships thinking they're going to heal someone with their love and attention, but it doesn't usually work out that way.

I met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy." I'll buy that.

When you're young and you first see the extent and depth of the world's hypocrisy, it's fun to go after it. But by the time you're sixty, it's so commonplace. What's the point in ridiculing people anymore? Their existence itself is a sort of sick joke.