We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.

The real question is, Why do you feel as though that's emasculating? A man can't have a conflict? When you try to do art, it's how it lands on people, and hopefully some people will see it the way that I saw it, which is all of these awful choices come from the place of a man who's damaged.

We don't eat to live, we live to eat because that's a part of the creativity of the day.

That is the heart and soul of the American dream, homeownership, the idea of being able to buy a house and start to build your family.

The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.

Whenever an actor was going to die, I tried to help them understand not to take it personally. It wasn't about them. It's the story.

I'm so thankful when I have a job. I would say the worst job I ever had was the one I quit after the first night. I was an overnight restaurant janitor. And it wasn't because of the job. We had to do four restaurants in the night, overnight. But I was working with a den of thieves. I just quit the next day.