And this, incidentally, is my thumbnail sketch of American marriage: A woman sees a man; she likes him. Now she jumps on this thing and rides it to some kind of standstill. Then she changes it and trains it, and to the exact degree that she's able to do this, she disrespects him.

As a means of supporting experiential element in film, once I begin to work on a particular movie I consider myself to be the tool of the director.

A lot of people in the middle of their lives have a secret yearning for more romance.

Life doesn't have to be about finding Osama bin Laden or becoming the president of the United States. Life is about the little things, which is one of the things you learn when you get older.

If you think you’re attractive, you’re always attractive.

[on the birth of his son after having had two daughters] I finally got it right.

I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.