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.

I lost a friend I was blessed to have. My thoughts are with the family of President Chavez and the people of Venezuela.

Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.

I'll tell you what I probably would prefer to happen less and less: actors that I know and respect in shampoo ads. Or modeling.

The first instinct is love.

I don't want to lie, play games, hurt somebody, or get hurt. You can only go forward in one direction.