I Know How The Academy Awards Works:

I'm Lucky Enough To Be Able To Make Only Movies I'm Interested In Seeing. That Has To Be An Instinctive Thrust. The Audience Knows When You're Faking It. They Can Hang Any Kind Of Moniker They Want On Me.

I Would Like To Think I've Reflected The Audience's Lives Somehow, Though It's In This Big, False, Glamorous Arena Of Movies. I Hope People See Themselves Somehow Up On The Screen.

'larry Crowne' Is About As Bummed Out A Human Being As One Can Be When He Loses His Job. What He Is Able To Enjoy Is Something That May Not Be Available To Everybody. But It's About The Value Of Being Willing To Get And Willing To Give Good Advice.

My Wife And I, We Met Making A Movie. This Is Not Just Our Job, It's Our Life. It's What We Do Naturally Whether We're Working Together Or Not.

We're Part Of A Greater Humanity And We Can Actually Affect The World By The Choices We Make Once We Leave The Theater.