I love working with actors. That's what the set really is, for me. It's my time with the actors.

Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I've never been down before is like going to a movie.

I don't think any of us are normal people.

Anytime I make a movie, I really have absolutely no idea how it's going to go over. I've had the whole range of different kinds of reactions.

I don't really look for challenges as much as I like adventures. Other than that I'm just trying to find stories I want to tell.

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.

You don't do background music the way a lot of more conventional films do. The music is often kind of a character in your films to the extent that sometimes you stop and watch someone perform a song.

I just want to make films that are personal, but interesting to an audience.

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.

Some of the ideas are kind of inspired by the songs, and I always want to use music to tell the story and give the movie a certain kind of mood. That's always essential to me.

What happened to your hand? It got hit by a mirror. How'd that happen? I lost my temper at myself.

Once you become aware of knowledge and you are conscious of knowledge, there is no going back to the previous conscious state of mind.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

Blame no one. Expect nothing. Do something.

By the time I went to Yale, I'd been acting for a long time and I was really tired of it. I was restless - and a little bored - and I was really eager to investigate different parts of myself.

I modeled for 4 years before I felt like I had my big break.

The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke.

...lying spread-eagled in the hall with only my ankle inside the room that kept me prisoner here. They really should have thought of that and tagged my neck or something.

Play with no fear of failure.

Once in a life time deals come around about every three weeks or so.

Hell, I live like I did when I was 35. I don't believe in retirement groups because I don't believe in retirement. How long can I keep coaching? How about forever? I'll never walk off the field.