I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to ….

We really don't rest if we think our kids are drifting, or if we think they don't have the right work ethic. It drives us crazy. Because we ultimatel….

I want to live forever, and I know I won't. I'm not afraid of dying. I'm only afraid of one thing: not being able to raise my kids..

I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set..

We all have to have our north star that we fix on and go to, but life is so much about the things that bump into you..

Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists..

Conventional wisdom is so scary because what if everybody's wrong?.

If somebody said my wife's not beautiful, I'd go, she is. I wouldn't say, really? No, she is. I know she is. In my mind, you know..

I think I'm a pretty right down the middle guy. I just think that's kind of who I am. I'm not afraid of my own journey..

I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there w….

Sometimes it takes a partner to say, "What is it you want?" because I think we operate in life and sometimes we don't know. We're all in some kind of….

I wait and take on projects that I think can work..

I think there's true drama in the formation of everything that we know and are standing on the shoulders of..

I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't feel that really defines me. Should I change who I am to be popular?.

Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life..

It's nice to be wanted. That's a really good feeling. I'm not immune to it..

I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse..

I wouldn't do the movie unless I thought it had a chance to be good..

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see..

I like being around people that mean what they say..

It's nice to be wanted in almost any capacity..