I took 'P.S. I Love You' thinking it was going to be a little funny, and I ended up crying every day on that film.

I believe in talent, and you believe in who you cast and help them go the distance.

You're not always going to hit the bull's-eye. I'm going to make movies that work and I'm going to make movies that don't work, and that's just a part of being creative. Because really, I think if you're taking risks and you're pushing yourself and you're doing things that scare you, you are going to fall on your face, and it's not always going to work.

When I was a swimmer and I would lose a heat in something I was doing whether it backstroke or breaststroke, were two of my most strongest strokes, I would look at how whoever it was that won and beat me and think, "What did they do? What were... What were the qualities that they had that I can incorporate into my swimming to make me better?"

It's give-and-take and back-and-forth, that constantly allows you to grow as an artist and as a human being.

The idea of playing a character for even two years, to me feels claustrophobic - only because I want to play a lot of different people.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.