There is a huge difference between a dog that is going to eat you in your mind and an actual dog that's going to eat you.

For the most sensitive among us the noise can be too much.

I think projects find me. It's really interesting. Everything I've done, from "The Truman Show," the "Eternal Sunshine" to "Yes Man" and "Bruce Almighty," always come into my life at the perfect time.

The character is what trips you up - the thing of, "I'm going to get so dark in this character that I'm going to get lost in a character." You can't get lost in a character. You can only think you're lost in a character.

When you are a kid, you need to have something to do. This will keep you off the streets.

Usually you regret the things you say no to.

150 people die every year from being hit by falling coconuts. Not to worry, drug makers are developing a vaccine.