The idea that guys should walk into a bar and confidently initiate contact and then seduce a woman based on a short term conversation is a toxic cultural myth that robs guys of self-confidence and that holds them up to an unrealistic standard that they have to become a super-extraverted narcissist in order to 'score with women'

To get hwat you want out of life, all you really need to do is be honest about it, don't be afraid to go for it, and have fun while you do it -- and you'll eventually get it.

The vast majority of all consequences, especially in 21st century America, are completely meaningless bullshit.

The narcissist act is not an act. I actually am a narcissist, very much so. My world revolves around me.

One big lesson I learned from movie [making] was I don't do creative projects that I headline unless I have all the control. I can't deal with having to live with other people's screw ups, and that's just sort of the way the movie business works. The people with the money are in charge. Until I'm in charge, I don't want to play that game.

Failure either ruins you, or turns you into the man you can become.

Anything that reflects the human condition back on humans in the entertainment medium is art.