I got hit twice in the face, and that was not fun.

You do some things and you just hope people will laugh.

It was very interesting [book Fast Food Nation] because all my friends who were in college, [and] this book became almost mandatory for them to read.

Sometimes when you're producing or directing something, and which I've been at fault to do in the past, you find yourself trying to do a portion of everyone else's job because you're just trying to be so in control and you think that you have to be hands on, on absolutely everything. You give your sense, you give your keynote to make sure the DNA is consistent. I think that's all you can really do.

Sometimes you're so nervous about piloting something that you could probably just not empower others to finish what they're supposed to.

For me, I understood the gift of being able to empower others and to not do everything yourself.

I know my girlfriend is free-spirited. I know she's so charming that it's disarming. I get it. And I know that every man is going to fall in love with her.