But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project.

Look, it's terrible, I know, but weakness really, really bugs me, to the point that if there is a wounded bird on the sidewalk, I look at it and I go: I think I'll just kick it.

I didn't work very much when they were young, and I had the luxury to be able to do that. Most people can't.

How could you ask me to believe in God when there's absolutely no evidence that I can see? I do believe in the beauty and the awe-inspiring mystery of the science that's out there that we haven't discovered yet, that there are scientific explanations for phenomena that we call mystical because we don't know any better.

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.

People are always surprised when I say that I'm an atheist.

I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes.