I wouldn't have wanted to miss the opportunity to make those three films that didn't do well. They were really important to me, and the things I learned doing them were important to me.

Pity is a benign form of abuse.

I think there's a God and I know it's not me. I don't have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life.

There's a rule in acting called, 'Don't play the result.' If you have a character who's going to end up in a certain place, don't play that until you get there. Play each scene and each beat as it comes. And that's what you do in life: You don't play the result.

I worked very hard on those movies but there was some creative connection that wasn't being made.

The biggest gift on Father's Day is if I can be with all my kids.

Acceptance is the key to everything.