Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.

Nothing else counts except what you want.

You'd much rather act with a pal, someone you know really well. That way, you can cut all the niceties and go right to insulting each other.

Directing is a huge amount of work with very little payoff, and a quarter of the money, and nine times more time spent.

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.

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

The emotions will take care of themselves. You don't have to prod them along. As a matter of fact, you get in trouble when you prod them along.