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

My nature is happy. And all I can control is my response to input. If you come around me and tell me bad news all the time, I can say, "You know what? I don't want to hear it." If its just gossip, you know, I can choose not to hear it. And that, in effect, can control my mood.

The Beatles meant everything to me growing up, and John was part of that. I loved Lennon's persona. He knew who he was and he knew what he represented to a worldwide public... I think he incited and inspired a whole group of youth to speak out and say what they felt.

I think my friend Tom Hanks knows me. He understands me very well. He’s always had a sort of parental feeling toward me. He knows I’m a big mush ball, which is just part of my personality.

It's easier to be responsible for the decisions that you've made yourself than for the ones that other people have made for you.

I don't recall the so-called devilish things I do. But there are considerable amounts.

Money and power come as a byproduct of things well done.