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

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

I think it's in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that when we as a species are scratching that itch we're actually following an evolutionary compulsion that is wired into us. I think good things come of it. That's the philosophical side.

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.

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job.

I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the audience, and I no longer look at them as experiments or genre exercises at all.

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