I learned a lot, in terms of inspiring people. It became very clear to me, very early on, that directing a movie was a lot like being in a theater company.

I was like, what the hell is my life coming to? I'm a trained actor! I've done Shakespeare and here I am having farting contests with an imaginary dog!

I always think that I'm the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I like me as an actor.

You may not have faith in my friend fate, But my friend fate has faith in you.

I like doing family films.

Nothing would make my kids happier than to do another movie.

Charlie Brown's good. I always had a little crush on that Lucy. I thought she was kind of a hot little brunette.

Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting.

When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.

I don't go to parties. I don't go to clubs. My friends and I don't go drinking, we play D&D. I'm still a weird entity in the world.

I think everyone is given drama, by virtue of the fact that we all have drama in our lives, but not everyone can make people laugh.

Don't overestimate your emotions and underestimate your intelligence.

You will never know how courageous you are until you are willing to leave your comfort zone to leap into the unknown.

Where people are using phones in rural areas their risk of brain cancer is higher than in urban areas.

Here I am, where I am supposed to be.

The only two things you can truly depend upon are gravity and greed.

If you want to know what's important to a culture, learn their language.

It [1991 Federal budget] contains almost 190,000 accounts. At a rate of one per minute, eight hours a day, it would take over a year to reflect upon these!

I don’t want to be an editor! I don’t want to direct; I’d be a horrible director. I don’t want to write - I have a “story by” credit on one film I did. And I don’t want to edit at all.

The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty and if she is not, the mob pouts and asks querulously, 'What else are women for?

We are where our thoughts have taken us.