I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it.

I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that.

You can't make a movie for everybody. You can't go into it trying to alienate people, but you have to assume that you're going to.

I feel there is something nice about not talking. Like you can say more by actually saying less.

If I eat a huge meal and I can get the girl to rub my belly, I think that's about as romantic as I can think of.

I’ve been lucky, so lucky, working with [...] Rachel (McAdams) on The Notebook. A big draw for me, when I do a film, is who am I going to be opposite, because there’s only so much I can do on my own.

The theme for me is love and the lack of it. We all want that and we don't know how to get it, and everything we do is some kind of attempt to capture it for ourselves.