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

When you try to bring a story to life, it starts in your head and you see possibilities for it, but it's just one damn thing after another.

Mass-market movies have become about one thing. They kind of declare themselves right off the bat. . . . But when I go to see (a film), I want to be surprised. I want to see something I never expected. And when you get that, it should be celebrated.

Dear God, thank you for my life. I forgot how big and wonderful it is.

I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent.

I do not want to admit to the world that I can be a bad person. It is just that I don't want anyone to have false expectations. Moviemaking is a harsh, volatile business, and unless you can be ruthless, too, there's a good chance that you are going to disappear off the scene pretty quickly.

Oprah Winfrey today you are surrounded by nothing but love.