I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.

I like working with a first time director. I'm more likely to work with a first time director than I am a second time director.

It is very possible that I could have ended up on 80 acres of land by myself, and fallen in love at a distance with a gorgeous woman I could never have been with.

The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over.

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

You want to do something, you want to have the bravery to do something original. And there will always be people who are like, the classicists who are like, 'No, but it's got to have this.' In life, there are people like that attached to every single thing that there is. These are the same people that are like, still playing vinyl.

I think one of the things that might distinguish me is when I'm going to work as an actor I really try not to worry about my own personal hang-ups and just really concentrate on the work. Because I have such a respect for acting, which is something I feel like I'm constantly learning how to do, that all of my energy is always focused on the acting itself.