Generally, the bigger the budget, the less interesting the characters become.

Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.

[Americans] can't understand that the water in our toilet is cleaner than 880 million have access to.

I knew very little about Rugby. But, I think it helps in terms of an American audience the game is enough like football in that it's a battle for field position and you score by running into what looks a lot like an end zone. I think in terms the nuance of the game, Americans won't get that stuff. I think in terms of the peanut butter and jelly version of what you need to know, I think it's pretty clear.

Right before 'The Bourne Identity' came out, I hadn't been offered a movie in a year.

If you can't help people, then what is the point of being successful?

Fame is really strange. One day you're not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that you know intellectually that nothing in the world is different. What mattered to you yesterday are the same things that matter today, and the rules all still apply - yet everyone looks at you differently.