I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it.

I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.

As a youth, I hated myself for not being good enough. All my inadequacies and failures, not being kind enough, generous or understanding enough, would assail me at night. It became a habit to be guilty and self castigating, not liking myself because I was unworthy... I really tortured myself.

We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people.

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me.

I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative.

[My choice about scripts] is just a question of what I fall in love with. You have to use some kind of instinct meter about it. I think I'm getting closer to my instincts now. I don't think there needs to be a plan. I think there needs to be love. I think you need to love what you're doing and then the rest is anybody's guess.