I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.

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.

There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard.

Obstacles are only opportunities to succeed or fail; how we handle them determines what will happen.

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.

I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.

My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'