When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.

My tone and my style are reflected in the movies I choose to make. I want to make big movies. My dream is to be Jon Favreau or Ben Affleck.

My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and inspire myself as an actor, certainly not in terms of where I make money. Yeah, I can go off and do a play, but the reality is as a profession, directing is exponentially more satisfying.

So much of Hollywood is about who the people you work with are.

There's not a comedy actor who doesn't want a chance to do drama, and vice versa. As actors, we're always looking to be pushed and to do the other side of the coin.

Nothing would make my kids happier than to do another movie.

It's always fun to play a bad guy because you get more to do. It's more arch. There's more energy to throw into it.