I take my work seriously but I can't take myself too seriously. I'm in such a crazy privileged position.

It's the worst thing if you're sitting there in the theater, going, "Oh, that's the guy who dates this person and likes to do this in the morning and that in the afternoon." Then you're just watching a brand, as opposed to an actor.

I don't like to plan anything ever because it never seems to work. I'm just really...let's just get this film out and see how this one does.

I might have been curious about actors' lives when I was growing up. That's human nature.

Nobody wants to hear Metallica at lunchtime.

Everyone's crazy anyway. And those who think they aren't, are the ones who are even crazier - because they're in denial.

Being movie director you've got the art department, you've got the actors, you've got the camera department, you've got make-up and hair, and props. You've got your finger in all these pies, and you're making sure that everything cooks at the right temperature.