No matter how bad your life gets, you can always turn it around.

If you put down a list of jobs, doctor, lawyer, janitor, teacher or movie star, everybody would pick the movie star. And why? So you could lie around the pool, drink margaritas and send money to your parents. So that's what I did.

It's important for everybody to have somewhere to go. Men and women need purpose [in life].

Any kind of writing that's meaningful becomes hard work, so there were times when it would really flow, there were times when I'd get 10 pages a day, and then there were days when I would do three pages. Depends on the thickness of the material. If it's satisfying, it's hard, but it's pretty wonderful.

If I could spend the rest of my life inside one movie it would be The Godfather, because it's the greatest movie ever made.

You're never really playing yourself. You're always acting. It's an illusion that you're really playing yourself. The only time I'm playing myself is when I'm at home!

I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people.