As soon as the actor steps into the role, you probably can cut 50% of the lines because there's a person there now. And what a person does with their….

Those moments in between the moments, those are the most interesting. What's unspoken, the way we talk around things, the way our actions are inconsi….

I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times..

It's different if you're a painter. You can hidethe ones that don't work. You can't do that with movies. They tellthe story of who you are at the tim….

As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over..

People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that..

I've been playing the father of teenagers for years. People always thought that I was 40 when I was 26. Once you lose your hair, they're like "Oh! He….

I think everybody has a little bit of an asshole inside of them..

What's great is when you're working with somebody with whom you have a connection, it's exciting because there's a shorthand and you trust each other….

Ripe bananas are the mark of a good produce section. A good produce section is the mark of a superior grocery store. A superior grocery store is the ….

A dream that you don't fight for can haunt you for the rest of your life..

Like Joseph Mitchell, I would scour the streets of New York and find little pieces of what other people think of as junk - and collect it..

As a director, I also get to sit and watch actors and learn from them in a way that I don't get to do when I'm just acting..

There is a joke that I use all the time. I say it to my kids. I used to say it to my wife. She'd be talking to me about something very serious and th….

[Hollywood] studios are handing out money to make independent films now, but they all want the same thing. They want the style and the deadpan delive….

You have to be serious about what you do but you mustn't take yourself seriously. That way you'll be happier and ultimately you'll be more successful….

If you find that thing you love, it doesn't necessarily matter whether you do it well or not-you just need to do it..

Every character, no matter who you play, at times is pretending to be somebody else. People have a public face and a private face..

If you feel safe then you can go wherever you want to go as an actor..

I was dissatisfied just being an actor..

I think it's important to have a good sense of humor and joke around with your kids. That's what I do a lot..