I cringe a lot when I look at my early talk-show experiences.

There’s a whole list of things I would probably change about myself. For example, I’m always trying to lose fifteen pounds. But I never need to be skinny. I don’t want to be skinny. I’m constantly in a state of self-improvement but I don’t beat myself up over it.

I say if you love something, set it in a small cage and pester and smother it with love until it either loves you back or dies.

Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff.

I am always surprised at what movie studios think people will want to see. I'm even more surprised at how often they are correct.

Bribes and boy bands. That’s all you need to be a babysitter.

Directing is exhausting, but not for the actual directing part, when you say "Action!" and give creative notes. As a director, the exhausting part is that you are a professional answer-machine.