I've only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy.

It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.

All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.

I love the way L A. leaves you alone. I can go home, read all day, and nobody bugs me.

If I make two movies my entire life, and they're two movies that - whether they make a lot of money or two people go to see them - they speak of me, then I consider them incredibly successful. I don't need to be Steven Spielberg.

Interestingly, when you do films, sometimes you have conscious reasons, things that you were looking for, or stuff that you were trying to do. And then, you see the film and you think, "Wow, it ended up being something totally different!"

There's absolutely no sort of acknowledgment or reward for this - except for the intangible of my kids growing up to be wonderful people.