I think a lot of American comedies tend to apologize for their bad behavior in the last 10 minutes of the movie.

I think people like comedies and I think concept driven comedies seem to be working when it's a clear concept and you deliver funny stuff.

Bangkok, like Las Vegas, sounds like a place where you make bad decisions.

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

Music is just one of the tools a director has with which to paint and I think it's one of the most effective.

I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing.

You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film.

I just thinks it's interesting what it takes an actor to find their characters through the wardrobe, or the hair, or the way a character walks.

You're never nice to your friends. You're nice to people you don't like!

I take it very seriously, music. I think it's one of the tools that a director has with which to kind of paint. The right music can sometimes do five pages of scripted dialogue.

I then spoke to chancellor (Angela) Merkel of Germany and we agreed that the United States and our European allies will work closely together in the weeks and months ahead.

If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely.

I am really not interested in the cinema. I loathed it when I started six years ago, and I don't enjoy it even now.

There's something ugly about the flawless.

The way to get a ball past (Honus) Wagner is to hit it eight feet over his head.

I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.

I've always noticed a difference between working with a director and working with a writer/director. In how much they're invested and how specific they are.

The only difference between the women I've dated and Charles Manson is that Manson has the decency to look like a nut case when you first meet him.

I may drive in a few races next year if someone needs a substitute driver ... (but) if I were never to drive again, I have had a great career.

Nobody had beheld the gravitation of the two into one