I'm just thinking all the time. There are times when I don't really need to think. You know what I mean? If you think about stuff for five hours, you really only need to do like five minutes and the rest of sort of rehashing it and dramatically going over it.

The worst professional advice I've received. "If you were the last person on earth, I would never choose you to be a movie star."

I've made a lot of people a lot of money, and I've made a lot of people really happy. I've entertained millions and millions of people.

Directing is a tremendous art.

I turned down Short Circuit 2 too and I now wish I hadn't. Sequels are a lot of fun and you get to hang out with all your friends.

I don't believe in having to show anybody anything. I just do my work. You know, making a living as an actor is such a rarity on earth. It's like making a living as a painter. So I look at different opportunities in the same way as Jack Nicholson, who said once, "Keep popping up in different holes. That's what you want to do: Just keep popping up in different holes." That made a lot of sense to me.

For 15 years I did two to three movies a year, sometimes four. I didn't get to spend time building my personal life.