I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.

It's not good for people to have the safety net too low... People can take care of themselves better than we allow them to.

I'm not religious. It's an issue, 'cause I've got two little kids, and I feel you can't grow up without knowledge of religion.

I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.

I don't know if it's fair to say that it's a bad time for movies. It seems to me that throughout the entire history of filmmaking, every year there have been about two really wonderful movies, about 10 others that are pretty good, and a whole pile of garbage.

Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.

Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.