I think it's very dangerous for an actor to take [shooting] too seriously because I think it could really damage you if you do that.

I think that it's important not to take [acting] too seriously. It's all pretend. It's a strange job.

It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

I'm doing a record that has a story that runs through all of the songs, and then there is also a film that goes along with it.

I'm not really equipped to do anything else but making movies. In every other aspect of my life I'm a total failure.

I think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do.

If I'm able to catch the screening, there's a point in the film where, like clockwork, a portion of the audience gets really emotional and begins to cry. And that's very difficult to make happen.