More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.

With what you don't know about me, I could just about fill the Grand Canyon.

Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that.

People always ask me if I hate the nuns. Do I make my movies extra dirty to piss them off? I always say no, that's not the point. To a Catholic, a movie is only dirty if it makes you want to have sex more. If it makes you feel sick, disgusted, ashamed of your own body, then it's not a dirty movie at all. It's a Catholic movie. And I make very Catholic movies.

My Father taught me how to be a man – and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble-maker, but rather, trouble-shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants.

In Hollywood you kind of fail upwards

Don't go where the puck's been; go where it's gonna be