I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.

Being married, I would say most relationships are pretty codependent in some ways.

I wanted Raging Bull. I wanted Casino. I got Rocky and Bullwinkle. But that's OK, because I still get to tell people I've worked with Robert DeNiro.

Do I get up some days and feel competitive? Sure. Do I get up some days and feel afraid? Of course. But...I have real moments of joy now, and I know it will continue.

Maybe it's that I'm naive, but I don't think of myself as an age.

I envy my daughter's childhood.

I always go into a film situation depressed and fearful.

I don't know much about sports.

Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star, ' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom.

If I had to design a career for myself, I would have done comedy.

I have nothing against younger women and older men on screen. What is sad is that so many women over 40 who have so much to give aren't being considered to play opposite men their own age or younger.

With grace, we find the strength to reach the goal.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.

That's one of the real dangers of leader selection in many organizations: leaders are selected for overconfidence.

I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic.

Yeah, I'm a fan of the Blue Jays. It's hard. My sports interest has definitely decreased since we've been on the road. It's really hard to follow.

Mathematics is the language in which the gods talk to people.

I’m one of those people who never really joined the grown-ups.

Conspicuous by his absence.

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.