For years, my job was to make the movie inexpensively. And I could bring it in. What I can't control are the costs of marketing.

There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be.

It's like a dream come true. When somebody is paying you to talk about yourself, you've won.

Generally, I wake up, honestly it's creepy, but I wake up around 4:20.

If you're alive, kick into drive. Chase whimsies. See if you can turn dreams into a way to make a living, if not an entire way of life.

Live a "Why not?" life, man. Take the shot. The shot is always worth taking.

One of the reasons I always looked up to [George] Carlin is he looked like your grandfather but, acted like your best friend. Most of the adults in my world were adults and acted like adults and had job-type jobs and bills and pressures and stopped playing a long time ago. And George Carlin was a guy that the more he aged the younger he seemed. It was odd because he was still sagely and wise. But he was such a role model for me.