Is world peace possible or is the human race too innately aggressive? For instance: Have you ever seen women at a sample sale?

If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you're showing up for.

There's something about my films; they're informed by my sensibility. I have the same preoccupations, the same interests... there's just something in the nuance, and so you always know it's a film of mine whether I sign my name to it or not.

I failed to make the chess team because of my height.

I can make films. And some of them come out good, and some of them come out better, and some of them come out worse. But I've been very lucky over the years to be able to sustain the length of career that I've had.

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.

Sometimes some of the best moments are contributed by the actors being creative, with their own improvisations.