Clint Eastwood just runs an incredibly tight ship, but it's really laid back.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

The only way I can describe it-at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows like five times? Everything is full; it's just full all the time.

The better the actor, the less you know about his life. I mean, nobody's better than De Niro and you don't know anything about him, right?

I'm always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it's a director's medium, and if they don't want to hear from me I just step back.

The first time I smoked was at home with my mother and stepfather; they were like, If you are going to do this, we'd rather you did this with us.

Paranoid is what people who are trying to take advantage call you in an effort to get you to drop your guard.