It's a world in which people's motives are questionable and shadowy.

If you're a painter and you want people to know who you are and recognize your work, you've got to build some long-term value.

There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't.

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong.

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.

Nobody's talking about movies the way they're talking about their favorite TV shows.

You got to deal with reviews the same way you deal with your views, which I a long time ago stopped reading because the point is if you believe the good ones you have to believe the bad ones. It's kind of all or nothing.