A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.

I love making movies, I love the differentness of it, I love writing. But I've always liked television. I grew up on television.

Nothing else counts except what you want.

Women, in order to recharge their batteries, gather in groups. They can recharge their batteries with their sisters. I tend to recharge my batteries in solitude, therefore the motorcycle trips. I need to be alone. As a matter of fact, I have to be careful. I could turn into a hermit.

Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.

It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.

I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.