I can't imagine being quite as lucky at any other time - I certainly never have been before. That goes right down from my producing partners to people like Eddie Vedder. But the two things that make me feel that this was meant to be now and not before was that the story itself has more resonance today - I find it a more important story today than it was then - and Emile.

The heartbreak that it might not happen wasn't something that I wanted to face with any more weight. Then, when I got the call to go ahead I never thought for a second as I was approaching it who I would get - that would come later. Again, I think the idea was that I now had the rights to make the movie and I can start writing it but if I have to wait another 10 years before I find an actor that's right for it, I'd be very happy to do that.

The greatest fear in my life was getting happy. I'm not so afraid of that anymore.

I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

I'm not going to have a better day, a more magical moment than the first time I heard my daughter giggle.

You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.

If there's anything disgusting about the movie business, it's the whoredom of my peers.