That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.

It's an enormous wall that's built between you and your dreams. And if every day, you just chip away... It may take ten years, but eventually you just might see some light.

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that ‘do what makes you happy’ thing in check.

I am a big fan of the old Howard Hawks films from the 30s and 40s, I was a big Hepburn and Tracey fan for a while and Woody Allen films that are a very different kind of romantic comedy.

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche.

I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic.

Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.

Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue to achieve one thing: keep the characters honest.

You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.

Warriors are warriors not because of their strengh, but because of their ability strengh to good purpose

You're not a book person. And now you're not an internet person? What does that leave you?

Women always have some mental reservation.

What terrifies me? When I read about plots of evil taking over the world and obliterating women's hard-won rights.

I'd storm heaven for you, if I knew where it was.

True happiness is not made in getting something. True happiness is becoming something. This can be done by being committed to lofty goals. We cannot become something without commitment.

Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.

Ain't it funny what people say? Ain't it funny what people write?

If a word means everything, then in means nothing.

The greatest discovery of the 20th Century is that our attitude of mind determines our quality of life, not circumstances.