There have been a few little films I'd done like that that the studio just decided not to do much with, films like Anywhere but Here [1999] or Jeff, Who Lives at Home [2012]. Thank God people find them later and love them. I'm always really drawn to people who have seen these strange little films.

In the U.S., they just want to know who you're sleeping with.

We stand a chance of getting a president who has probably killed more people before he gets into office than any president in the history of the United States.

I think you have to be ready to switch gears and go with the team as a director, as opposed to superimposing your own strict idea of the story. There are very few directors that can micromanage and still come out with something that's living and breathing on a page. Wes Anderson is one of those.

If you always have to be watching yourself and judging, I don't think you're as free.

That's one of my little expressions. I never really studied acting so I kind of kiddingly talk about "building your circle" and "mooding up," because I really didn't learn any technique.

I feel my family's needs are a priority. I'm not comfortable with the idea of serving the many and ignoring my family.