I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.

We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money.

Have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?

Women -- a mistake, or did He do it to us on purpose?

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being.

Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.