If you're raised with a poverty mentality, nothing is going to change it. I do know some really stingy billionaires. I come from such a generation of hand-to-mouthers.

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.

In movies, people seem to be more emotional than they would ever be if that situation was actually happening to them.

I read the script for Wonder Boys, and I said that was almost perfect, it was so classy, cool and funny. It's a really specific thing. We stuck to it, it turned out good and a lot of people liked it.

I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.

I grew up with a lot of people whose whole prime mover was dad rage. I never really had it - it always seemed so empty. It always seemed to be masking something else, which was really their own lack of initiative.

I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.

I'm in a happy relationship, me and my ex are on really good terms, my kid and I are in a good spot.

I like mainstream movies that are completely off the wall.