I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it. And it's pretty irritating to get a movie on. So to complicate it by having more irritation as a director, I don't really need it. And because I direct a great deal still, but in the theater, I kind of get that anyway. Which is not at all to say I would never do it again, or it would never happen again.

If you don't interfere with me, I'll always do something really good.

I don't want a trillion-dollar empire to run.

I wouldn't say anything I ever did in film would be something I'd use the word proud about. I've done better work in the theater.

There's no worse feeling in the world than realizing the play you've directed doesn't work.

I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch.

I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for.