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

I don't see as many movies as I used to. Or, I should say, as many movies as I would like to.

Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage

It's intuitive in terms of when I read a piece of material or I hear about a project. I'm a writer, so I've written movies. I've read at this point thousands and thousands and thousands of screenplays. So if something gets me, then I don't ignore that.

You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better.

All you have in the end is to look back and like the choices you've made.

I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was desperate to get a job and couldn't, so I think it's anathema for me to turn down work if I think it's really good.