There's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist. You give Terrence Malick a movie like Transformers, and he's f***ed. There's no way for him to exist in that world... Lars Von Trier's dangerous. He scares me. And I'm only going to work now when I'm terrified.

I got kicked out of every school I ever went to.

I think envy motivates a lot of people.

If I had more recreation time I would be able to step back and reflect on how life has changed. But it has been like a constant... boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

It's very weird because the 'It' guy usually is not the 'It' guy next year or even a guy that anyone is talking about.

I didn't jump onto anyone else's coattail and ride their wave.

When a gust of wind hits a broken bone, you feel it.