My work is really a blast. When it stops being a blast, then it ain't no fun no more!

If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment.

Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and steer these tiny little details into a cohesive thing.

The truth is that everyone pays attention to who's number one at the box office. And none of it matters, because the only thing that really exists is the connection the audience has with a movie.

I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good.

No journalist has ever been in my house and no photographs have ever been taken of where I live. I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay.

In your mid-30s, it’s time to start playing guys of compromise. And as you get older, men of bitter compromise.