Having kids is the most innately positive thing that anyone can do.

You're anachronistic when you know that your feelings aren't going to have any effect on anything.

The way I reacted to 9/11 was I decided I didn't want to do any movies that are sad or critical. I decided I didn't want to make my living depressing people or making them go home sick, so I just decided I wanted to do comedy for a while and study it for a while. It doesn't mean everybody should do that, but that was my reaction.

When you look at life retrospectively you rarely regret anything that you did, but you might regret things that you didn't do.

I've always fought against being controlled and manipulated and stomped upon by circumstances.

He [Castro] is a genius. We spoke about everything.

Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett are very good actresses.