I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted.

Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry about yourself.

Success isn't what makes you happy. It really isn't. Success is doing what makes you happy and doing good work and hopefully having a fruitful life. If I've felt like I've done good work, that makes me happy. The success part of it is all gravy.

Being with a kid always takes you to being a kid somehow, and they really are showing me a childhood I might not have had in some way.

Learning how to die is therefore learning how to live.

There are a lot of things going on with my life right now that don't just have to do with career. So I have a hard time making decisions about work. That's really a luxury problem.

I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.