I'm not 40 yet. I wouldn't even bother comparing myself to Chaplin.
If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has some light relief.
In movies, people seem to be more emotional than they would ever be if that situation was actually happening to them.
I like mainstream movies that are completely off the wall.
All I want, and I think all any parent with a semblance of a moral psychology wants, is for my kid to have his own experience, uninhibited.
When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script.
I walk by studio heads and they actually look and put their hand out now, like maybe I should be on their radar.
Sometimes if you're wanting to look just a little bit taller, then you want to dress with just more of a thin cut.
'Shaggy Dog' was a very, very important movie for me. It was a very enjoyable experience.
I'm very good at deconstructing. I'm a very good troubleshooter for why something is unlikely to work. And most everything is unlikely to work.
There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.'
I'm in a happy relationship, me and my ex are on really good terms, my kid and I are in a good spot.
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.
But I will agree that I think that things happen with people in relationships, that you might have been able to enjoy Morocco, say, if you weren't getting out of a bad marriage. You know what I mean?
I loved it, it's such fun. I like that people are seeing it and then talking about it. Like when I took my son and his friends to see Napoleon Dynamite last year, we spent the next six weeks trying to explain it.
I understand reversal of fortune; that usually has come through my own hand, but you know, you live life on life's terms.
Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do?
I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids.
I always think part of success is being able to replicate results, taking what is interesting or viable about yourself as a professional person and seeing if you bring it into different situations with similar results.
I've always just shown up and tried to figure out what's for lunch and am I going to get to play some racquetball that night.
I don't want to be so confident in myself.
I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me.
I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing, and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It's just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities.
I've always been a fella who put most of my eggs in one basket and then take a dump in the basket but I really don't know.
I want to give myself the freedom not to have to be projecting my whole life ahead.
I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now.
I'm not particularly tall, strong, fast, or aggressive.
Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.
With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily.
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.
