I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse.

There's actually a big difference between story and character. A great story doesn't make a great movie. A great script, which defines its moments and characters can become a great movie. You can make a movie that makes a lot of money and it may or may not have great story or great characters.

We really don't rest if we think our kids are drifting, or if we think they don't have the right work ethic. It drives us crazy. Because we ultimately want them to succeed and, until they do, we feel in some way that something is not complete.

There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out.

I just tried to build on my failures.

True movies will never be measured by how much they make - they'll be measured by how they make you feel.

Life's better when it's fun. Boy, that's deep, isn't it?