It's difficult to say no sometimes. I often hear, "They'll really take care of you," or "Someone else is going to take the role if you don't play it." Some of the best advice I ever received was to always ask myself: Am I going to kill myself if somebody else takes this role? The answer is almost always no.

The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business.

Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't.

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!

I come from the school of That Horse is Not Dead.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

Everyone says, "You have to work at relationships." Sometimes you've got to work, but if you're working 60 percent of the time and only enjoying it 40 percent...