For me, the greater purpose of the story is just to illuminate some pattern of human truth.

I want to be the person that is the first person there and the last person to leave. That's who I want to be, because I think the road to success is through commitment, and through the strength to drive through that commitment when it gets hard. And it is going to get hard and you're going to want to quit sometimes, but it'll be colored by who you are, and more by who you want to be.

You play a part in every aspect of your life going the way you want or not going the way that you want. It has very little to do with other people.

The desire to be a good father is really innate. There aren't a lot of movies that depict that relationship because men, we have to pretend that we're not that emotional about it.

There’s nothing you’ve ever been successful at that you didn’t work on every day.

I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over.

Everybody need a partner to stand right by their side. Not only down for the good times. But also down through the bad times.