All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done

The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

Your personal and professional lives will have to go hand in hand and will have influence on each other.

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

More modern poetry is written than read.

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

I have kids and I want to have a long life and there are certain things that are conducive to that and certain things that aren't. I've opted for the road of happiness and long life.

In smart society men are jealous of one another after the fashion of women.

I have just dropped into the very place I have been seeking, but in everything it exceeds all my dreams.

Friday' is about hanging out with friends, having fun. I felt like it was my personality in that song.

Marriage is the sunset of love.