Someone's always saying, "It's not whether you win or lose," but if you feel that way, you're as good as dead.

You have to be very careful when you let someone win.

What I do quite honestly and seriously and not in any way being humble is not as important as what the garbage collector does. People make actors important.

Never stop asking yourself whether you can do things better. Keep testing every aspect of your business to the nth degree, and challenge every one of your assumptions. The tougher you are on yourself now, the tougher your business will be out there in the real world.

People say, 'Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies.' I think I've done two, out of 60.

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.

My kid was a great baseball player. I thought I had it made. Front-row seats at Yankee Stadium. Then he turned sixteen and wanted to be a rapper.