Making checklists of things you're looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you'll be alone forever.

I was such a big Dustin Hoffman fan when I was young.

I didn't really like doing commercials.

It's HE-RO," the boy argued. "No," the girl insisted, "it's HER-O.

I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness

We couldn't afford test screenings. This is a relatively low-budget movie [Don Jon]. But what we did have was the festival circuit.

I'd been an actor my whole life, since I was a kid. And then, I quit for awhile and went to university. When I wanted to start acting again, I couldn't get a job, and that was really depressing. So, I realized, at that time, that I have to take responsibility for my own creativity.