If I was to direct Ron Howard, I guarantee you, I would put him through a living hell every day. I would demand so much of him. We wouldn't quit until he leaves the set crying. Weeping! Spent!

College isn't necessary for everybody and it's only from what you put into it what you go there for.

When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the war like it was the Kraken - you know, this huge beast that roamed the earth during their formative years.

I love my family and I love my kids, but when the moments come, it's not as though you can just substitute your own life with what you're doing on film. You have to go to some other place where it's bigger than your own life.

I have a woman who teaches me what love is every day. Maybe that sentiment is possible to fake, but for me it's really true.

People ask me all the time, "What kind of father are you?" I won't know until my kids are grown.

In the early days you have a tendency to intellectualize, but you're really just trying to sound smart and score with the chicks.