Every morning, I crawl out of bed. I sit there and think, 'Do I really need this?' And I drag myself to the gym in my garage. It's not fun. I hate it. I work out alone. Weights.

To know that the odds are so high that only through the perishing of your life will the minions survive, that's love. That's heroism.

I respect a woman too much to marry her.

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

I'd rather do something I love badly than to feel bad about not doing something I love.

In this day and age, if you're aspiring to be an actor, and you're putting all your eggs in one basket, you could be disappointed. I started out as an actor, but I forced myself to be a writer, even though I wasn't very good at it and had never written. I don't think I ever passed an English course in my life. My first 8 to 10 scripts were pretty horrendous, but I stayed at it until I eventually found a voice and a subject that people were interested in. So, I recommend that you go out and try to be as versatile as possible: writer, actor, producer and especially director.

Sometimes when I don't want to cry, I cry. And when I want to I can't. It's subconscious. Like sexual performance.