Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. You don't want to work with people who don't care or who are acting out some neurotic, crazy thesis on the set.

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

I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained. You don't need to use as much expression, as much feeling. Some characters will boil over, and that's another thing, but a lot of times I think you can just do very, very little.

I think that's what we love about the vodka, is that it's consistent. It's consistent in its pureness and that's how I tie it to restaurants.

I hurt someone's feelings once.

If De Niro wants to spend the twilight of his career as the McDonald's of master thespians, we can't stop him.

You draw on whatever’s relevant to the part you’re playing; it makes it more personal.