"Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit."

"I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I'll have a chance to have some say in what gets used and that I'll be able to give myself enough takes and be on the same page as myself about how the scene should play."

"I'm human, just like anybody else."

"Marriage hasn't been my thing. But gay people, knock yourselves out!"

"The moral compass points true only when freed from the magnetism of personal gain. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"There are different kinds of humor, some is sarcastic, some introspective. Introspective fit my personality better."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that character is forged in the fires of discipline."