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.

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

The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.

There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.

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.

I have an awful memory, and I have a great memory. Meaning that, if I'm trying to remember something, I can't remember it. But my recall is fantastic.

I think I would have drank myself to death, literally, if I didn't just stop, once and for all when I did. I am not ever going to preach to anyone about drugs or drinking. But, for me, when they were around, I had no self control.