I hesitate to direct even though I feel I contribute a lot on a set.

I always think that the difference between film and theater is like the difference between masturbation and making love. Because, in film, you just have to get one moment right; you're practically by yourself. And in theater, you actually have to have a relationship with the audience.

I hesitate to direct even though I feel I contribute a lot on a set.

It's a miracle when something actually turns out well because there are so many ways for it to go wrong.

At the end of your life, you are going to want to know that you made some kind of difference.

The only time I've really been away from my kids to do work was doing Shall We Dance because they both were in camp and it was the first time in twenty years that I haven't been with my kids.

I'd have conversations with the camera crew about what was going on in the scene, so that they were prepared to shoot it. I love the fact that when you work, you create this tribe.