I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

What I've discovered is, really, acting is acting is acting. It's all the same. Seventy-five percent of the skills are the same in both media.

I loved Batman, don't get me wrong, but that kind of mindless violence is not good for young children.

Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.

I'm a big fan of rehearsal. I'm famous for pulling the cast together, not so much to formally rehearse, but just to run the lines. My theory of acting is that it takes all your attention just to stay in the moment, and keep your attention on the other person, and get him to do what you want him to do.

I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have to take off the writer hat and let the director direct.

Everyone hooks up with George Clooney. He's a genuinely cool guy. He's using his powers for good.