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" I was really fortunate that I was not in 'successful movies' when I was younger, because whatever's given, there's an undertow that wants to take it away. "

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" Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in. "

" I'm done saying 'I'm sorry I wasn't who you needed or wanted me to be' to everybody in my life. "

" It's rare that you get to have a lovely time of it and you're not just portraying endless trauma on film. "

" For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career. "

" Things hurt me just as much as anyone else. My insecurities, failures. I'm vulnerable to comparisons. "

" I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel. "

" The industry's memory is quite short, it's true. "

" I'm not really attracted to that long-term commitment to one character over many years. "

" Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong. "

" Some people fascinate me. They really worship at the altar of their careers, you know? And it's terrifying. It's sort of like setting a table and waiting for someone to come along and whoosh - push all the plates onto the floor. "

" I wish I could always look like I've just finished a really good laugh. "

" A lot can change in the editing room. "

" When you're a young child, you pick a totem animal, and you just identify with it to the point of wishing you were that animal. "

" I think, certainly, directing is a visual medium, but it's also about communication, and a lot of times, great directors are lacking in communication skills, which is rather shocking to discover that. "

" Essentially, my hero-role model is Muhammad Ali, because when I watched this one fight of his with my dad when I was a kid, and I watched him not go down... I think him just taking a lot of blows and not going down, it was so moving. "

" Well, I can fake my way around some things, but I don't think I would be good at betting. "

" I think fun is an important part of the entertainment industry, and it should be. Anybody who's not incorporating some of that into their work needs to take a break, go away, and have an attitude adjustment. "

" You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you. "

" If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have. "

" Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to. "

" To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with. "

" I try not to be overly analytical. "

" I was the only kid in Manhattan I knew whose parents had a car. "

" For me, I don't even like to promote my films but I have to because it's in the fine print of my contract. "

" The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that. "

" I love my work, but there is no price you can put on what you miss when you are away from your kids. "

" I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter. "