I think indie films are really important, because they show the studios and the audiences when they see them, great stories. Really interesting, small stories.

I consider myself very much a team player.

I always find it particularly difficult to work in New York because there are so many things to do.

My mother said, "Pack your bags and leave." And my father said, "I've already paid for a year and a half - why don't you stay and get the degree?" And I said, "That's a good idea, because then I can at least run a theater even though I have no talent, and I'll never be an actor." It's my fault that I believed them.

I've been very fortunate to be able to jump around. I just did this really wonderful film called Map of the World. That was a real, amazing, dramatic story. Then I did a movie called Company Men, a little comedy about the Bay of Pigs.

I have a very commercial appetite. I don't like to do high-brow things.

We need to do a better job of keeping oceans healthy.