Directing is a tremendous art.

Every film can be fun, even if it's a terror.

Let's look at people as artists and try to support them; just because Picasso painted a couple of bad paintings, that's no reason to say he's a lousy painter.

Read more. Read. Read. Read. Deeply, widely, read. Learn all kinds of subjects. The smarter you are as an actor, the better an actor you'll be.

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

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!

You never know who's going to become your friend. Friends are always chance meetings.