I Don't Mind What They Say As

It's Not About An Opening Weekend. It's About A Career, Building A Set Of Films You're Proud Of. Period.

What Did Bush Do On 9/11? He Ran Away And Hid. Even Reagan Knew More About Leadership Than That, And He Was As Bad A Symbol Of America As I Can Think Of, Off-hand. But At Least He's Been In Enough Cowboy Movies To Know He Had To Come Out And Stand On Top Of The Rubble And Be Seen Shaking His Fist Or Something.

What You Learn After You Are 40 Is That It Is Just About Plugging Up Holes In The Boat. You Just Hope You Have Enough Corks To Plug Enough Of The Holes.

I Don't Believe In Happy Endings, But I Do Believe In Happy Travels, Because Ultimately, You Die At A Very Young Age, Or You Live Long Enough To Watch Your Friends Die. It's A Mean Thing, Life.

The Idea That Every Time You Do A Film You're Supposed To Be Tortured Confuses Me. I Mean, Guys Who Say "oh, It's Really Tough, My Character Is Really Suffering" - Come On. For Us, Even In The Rotten Ones, We've Had A Good Time. I Don't Think You Have To Suffer.