Children are the first thing I see in the morning and the last thing I see at night. It hurts me to be away from them for a few hours. It really does. I love them and they're girls, so they know how to push my buttons. But I've learned a lot and I have to thank my wife for that.

Making a movie is the same as an orchestra; it's moving all the different instruments and the sounds, the kinetic and the auditory and the visual all together. I'm probably the trombone.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

In fact, every day I'll read a chapter of some art book. I don't know why. It's just a habit.

I'm not just painting for painting's sake. I want to be truthful.

No one's life is totally morbid. Even on a subtle scale there's little flashes of enlightenment and of happiness and joy.

Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.