I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression.

I can have incredible self-discipline. But see, I think it's obviously a form of stupidity.

I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK.

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid, but my father always told me - occasionally while striking me - that I was much more interested in how I looked playing baseball or football than in actually playing. And I think there's great truth in that.

I was never a fanatical movie person. There are many popular films I absolutely love like anyone else. Having said that, I don't have time to go to the movies very much. I work a lot of different things, I'm always busy. But I'm always happy to see a popular movie.

I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend.

I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were pretty literate.