I didn't want to whisper and giggle about [puberty] anymore. I felt incredibly self-conscious. I felt like I was losing myself, and I was losing who ….

If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror..

I like to think of myself as a pirate and you're just walking that person out on the plank. And then you pull them back when you get what you want. O….

A slick way to outfigure a person is to get him figuring you figure he's figuring you're figuring he'll figure you aren't really figuring what you wa….

I think you have to be respectful to the people who want to talk to you..

You have to understand where you are on the continuum. I feel I have to be the criminal mastermind on the mound if I want to win..

You can't be a revolutionary, you can't want to change society if you don't love people, there's no point in it..

One of the things that's funniest about the entertainment industry and comedy is that people go 'Oh, you're great, but I don't know what to do with y….

There isn't much of an agenda lyrically. And I definitely didn't want to write about things I don't know anything about..

I want someone who can handle me. And I'm not the easiest person to handle..

I don't want to be so confident in myself..

You tend to get a script and you push it toward being the kind of film you want to make..

Your true potential will speak as loud as your willingness to listen will allow it. If you simply breathe for the next 365 days, your life is going ….

Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society..

If you want change, it has to be generational. We have this unbelievable opportunity to make that change. Entertainment enables us to entice and educ….

After I reached my teens I decided I didn't want to hang out with anyone. I couldn't handle the stupidity..

Do you want to know why marijuana is illegal? Because the drug companies want marijuana to be illegal. You see, if it came down to Prozak versus Mari….

It's not good to assume what your kid wants. It's not good to push them in their own way. It's not good to make them do something you wanted to do bu….

I do want my films to have the required entertainment quotient, but I'd prefer doing films where you don't have to leave your brains behind..

I back away from negativity - there's too much in this world, and I don't want to be around it..

I don't want to feel like people are imposing limits upon you..