I played a lot of ball and got hurt, stitches and this and that. That, sometimes they said, built character. I don't think it built anything.

It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

Learn to work with people you wouldn't go to lunch with.

If you’ve got the comedy eye, you can look at any situation and see the humor in it while others don’t.

I am a total believer of making the process a good time - make it memorable, have some fun, try to shoot high in your quality and then dont get crazy, see what happens.

Never underestimate the power of your sister.

There's no better satisfaction than writing. I feel that writing is the best and everything else comes with it

You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.

Editing is the only process. The shooting is the pleasant work. The editing makes the movie, so I spend all my life in editing

I think a lot of creative people have no sense of numbers and economics.

I'm too old to be forced.

Curiosity lights a fire

People never forget two things, their first love and the money they wasted watching a bad movie.

I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.

There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

I don't feel like I'm very pop-star lame, but I'm definitely not hipster-cool.

I'm often prone to self-doubt about everything I do.

Your life has more blue in it than a James Cameron movie.

I’m so sorry! Are you okay? (Shahara) Other than the fact that I feel like my rib just punctured a lung, sure, I’m all right. (Syn)

I don't believe that one should have one-size-fits-all moral rules for international political action.