I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

If you don't go, you'll never know.

I never walk into a place I don't know how to walk out of.

Reputation, you know – a lifetime to build, seconds to destroy.

The saddest thing in life is wasted talent

Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime.

You don't need words to express feelings.

Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.

I can always see light in any situation. It's just the way I'm made.

There are not a lot of good movies being made.

In any movie I'm involved with, I say what I think.

I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point.

I am a Justin Timberlake fan.

The first instinct is love.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.

Haiti kind of gets a hold of you.

At this stage, what would be rewarding would be for audiences to want to watch.

That was madness. You're never going to bring one of those down with a handgun.