And then it was like, wait, you can go to college and study theater? And act in plays? This is almost a racket, you know. And then when the opportunity came along to do it professionally, I thought I'd won the lottery.

It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap your head around things like the Hubble scope.

There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.

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

Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day.

For some people, I will be Forrest Gump for the rest of my life. But that's OK; that's a good thing.

That's what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing more I can do about it. It's done. That's it. All I can do is let it go and hope that people are kind to it.