You'll never meet a nicer person, let alone a nicer actress, than Mary Steenburgen.

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of questions, and your job is to have answers.

It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying.

It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true to the emotion of the film without turning it into a melodrama, and making sure you're getting all the laughs you can without it turning into just some stupid comedy.

You're just always looking for something new. That's why a lot of people bounce between TV and movies. You have the ability to try something else.

Most of the guys like sticking to the script and doing just what's written. If they're exploring, they're exploring ways of doing the script.

We always feel safest, I think, around the most dangerous person who's on your side, more than the nice good person who's on your side.