I've seen the people who talk about their love lives in print invariably have doomed relationships with the person they're talking about.

The people who say they're for democracy want nothing to do with democracy.

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can. You can push it through, and you can hire the right people.

I think that taking night trains or meeting someone on the road is pretty romantic. I've done a couple of things like that. I've surprised someone in Paris. And hopefully, when you surprise someone, they're happy to see you.

Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.

I don't agonize over decisions as much these days. The criteria of what's important to me is clear.

Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions until the end.