I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.

The service in L.A. is the best. You don't get sarcastic, surly, fed-up waiters and waitresses like you do in England. They're good at their job and they're there for the customer. The only depressing thing is a lot of them have written more screenplays than me.

Remember, no one can hurt your feelings without your permission

You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got to be real.

Whether you understand they evolved over billions of years or believe that a God made them all one afternoon, please be kind to animals.

If your boss is getting you down, look at him through the prongs of a fork and imagine him in jail.

The world is bigger than all the parts. That's the important thing, and one thing can throw everything off kilter. And you must never let yourself off. You'll let yourself off by mistake. So you shouldn't do it consciously. You have to be above it all and just be very disciplined with it. Just be very disciplined with it.