It's an ugly thing to see ambition and to see people satisfying themselves.

I have this amazing team that I trust. I completely go with their decisions on things. I don't have to go in and micromanage everything. And I think the other thing is, you start to sort of... I wouldn't say relax, because I've never relaxed. But I've tried to have more confidence in the things I like, or the things other people like. That's really the big thing in this job, to second-guess yourself all the time.

That's the miracle of telling a story in film: You can express something inside someone's mind.

My major goal is to take my bathrobe off before the kids get home from school.

As far as casting, I'm there for every single person that's cast. Even if it's one word, I'm there for their auditions.

You don't drink and smoke that much, and womanize that much, unless you really want to be punished, I think.

I think there's a kind of elegance to it, to work within that framework where what you don't see is often more enticing.