Death can be experienced once, winning maybe more, but losing can happen all the time.

I just don't think of myself as an actor much at all, so I don't lust after any particular roles.

Sports always works for us more allegorically or metaphorically and that's what's fantastic about why we love them. You demonstrate the limits to which a human being can go and they keep pushing the boundaries of that.

One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.

You're always a little surprised when something really takes off.

A long time ago, I stopped trying to look at projects as genre exercises.

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.