I've never had that concern of thinking of myself as stupid.

I try to balance independent films with commercial films, and I've done a pretty good job of it over the years.

When I was 8, I got a little toy propeller plane: You could turn it on and the people disappeared from the little windows and stewardesses appeared, and it ran along the ground.

Tom Cruise has-we all have-the right to practice how we feel...don't judge someone until they have tossed your salad.

I've always slightly regretted not taking up Chicago.

At fifty you realize that you are no longer a kid. I ignored forty. It was like I was almost at middle age. Maybe it's the baby boomer thing. But undeniably, I am a man. I have to accept [mortality].

Life is overwhelming. Life is not easy. Life is tough and you need something that really works and helps you actually, not promises to help you, then fail.