I tend to be drawn more to people than pure story ideas.

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.

My first three movies, I didn't start editing until we were finished shooting. That's unthinkable to me now.

There's a big difference between a movie about relationships and a movie in which people talk about relationships. It seems like a lot of people have confused the two.

I'm not a snob. If I feel like there's a star that's the best person for that role, then that's who I get.

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.

A big part of making an album is that you want to have enough material - you want to have enough stuff for people to hear and know that it represents you. So it does sometimes turn into a situation where you're saying to the person you're working with, "Well, what do you want?" But then there are other times when I work with people and they'll turn to me and say, "How do you want to do this?" And that's actually when I work best.