When you are working hard, you don't have time for anything other than what you are doing in the scene and what the director wants.

You don't just play a part. You've got to earn the right to play it.

One regret I have: I didn't get as much of the family history as I could have for the kids.

As I get older, I think that things have been pre-determined for me, whether I liked it or wanted it, wished for it, whatever, way before in some way. And with others, you do have a choice that you can change. And that choice that you make is still part of this grand scheme.

It's a very stressful thing, directing a movie. You have the budget, you have the schedule, you are in certain confines, and you have everybody giving you advice about what to do.

Passion should always trump common sense.

When I think of a good restaurant, it's where the food has been consistent; there's always a consistency.