"I mean, I love L.A. - I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. It's a unique thing to Hollywood that if you don't do that every time, then you're considered a failure. But it's like, 'Well, are you making movies to be successful? Or are you making movies to learn something?'"

"I have a great family by the way, but you need to find people who can pull something out from you that might be otherwise unseen."

"It's a funny thing: You want so badly for people to see what you do - you're proud of it - and I like the effect that movies have on people. But the attention can also make me uncomfortable."

"This weird thing happens when you're in a movie that has some level of success. People start offering you all kinds of things, and they just expect you to do them because they'll be good for your career. It's not about the project's integrity or anything like that."

"Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys."

"It is a subtle truth that wisdom is the quiet art of recognizing what can be changed and releasing what cannot — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 54 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 83."

"Wisdom principle 60 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 50."