I've always written for actors, and if you want to write for good actors, you have to write parts that are surprising, that are human, and that allow them to go to a wide range of places.

I learned early on that there are all sorts of stories I have no place telling.

I don't want to write my life. I live my life. I want to make up a new world.

The better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system.

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.

I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.

I've wanted to direct for a long time, but it had to be a story I wanted to tell. The writer's job is to find the story that he should tell.