I can't enjoy anything unless everybody is. If one guy is starving someplace, that puts a crimp in my evening.

[...] I've come to the conclusion that the artist can not justify life or come up with a cogent reason as to why life is meaningful, but the artist can provide you with a cold glass of water on a hot day.

People make films for different reasons. For money. Or, they make them because something in them demands artistic expression. I do it because I enjoy the work.

Problems are like toilet paper. You pull on one and ten more come.

I don't think my film style has changed. I'm doing the same kind of jokes I did when I was younger.

In order to be successful, all you've got to do is show up 80 percent of the time.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.