It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review. That's not film criticism.

There are so many great artists, I think, who kind of suffer from being icons, legends, acknowledged masters.

The big nut to crack is to how to tell a story, what’s the right way to tell a particular story.

I'm lucky that I get to jump around, do a big-budget comedy and then a smaller film. I don't even make a big distinction between them. No one believes this, but it's the same. I'm the same person, trying to make it work. I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.

My sisters would swear that I was the spoiled kid who got everything he wanted, and I would go "No way! I worked my ass off and you guys got everything." We're all kind of in our own narratives.

Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times.

Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.