We always want to see people strive and see the human spirit triumph against adversity. That's what it's all about because that's what we're doing. We're trying to triumph in our lives.

Nothing else counts except what you want.

You have to do whatever you can to limit the things that could make you feel insecure.

Emotions are the natural result of striving for something. Every single scene has two or more people in it, and nobody wants the same thing, so they are negotiating this one way or another. The result of that negotiation will bring out all kinds of emotional stuff in you.

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

I'm getting bigger roles, and I'm on location more, and I have a wife and family. I'd rather work less, and I've started to implement that. It was either that or my wife would break my heart.

Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.