An actor needs to be not remotely anywhere close to in control, and a filmmaker has to be totally in control.

The weirdest thing in the world is to see some guy who is just super earnest.

I realized that it was great to have a job, but it didn't have anything remotely to do with what I was striving for, so why was I doing it?

I'm not a great pothead or anything like that... but weed is much, much less dangerous than alcohol.

If I can avoid the mirror when I brush my teeth in the morning, I will. I find security and safety in the most profound degree of ignorance. If you can just stay ignorant of almost everything you'll be OK. It's fine to stay informed and look at things, but to judge things will bog you down.

Success doesn't change you... It reveals you

I had just had a daughter, who was three or three-and-half years old, and I had been watching nothing but cartoons. That's really it. There was no YouTube. You're in France and you're raising a kid, so you break out the Tex Avery.