I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'
Nobody will leave any place unless they're forced out. That's the nature of humans. Once you're there, you're there. I've never seen anybody get up voluntarily and leave any place.
If you're going to act and do this for a living, you want to play something that the audience didn't expect.
I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi.
I've done performances in movies that I was immensely proud of and the movies didn't take off like a rocket at Cape Canaveral, it didn't take off.
In the beginning of any career, in every job, people are always forcing you to the middle.
If I'm going to act in someone's movie, I want the movie to be interesting and be able to get a couple of solid doubles.
In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.
The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable.
Twitter is the Devil's playground.
You know, when cameras are rolling, improvisation doesn't feel natural. The pressure is too great. You're on a time schedule. You've got 60 crewmen.
I don't experience basic human emotions. It's not my thing.
What do you think the Devil is going to look like if he's around? Nobody is going to be taken in if he has a long, red, pointy tail. No. I'm semi-serious here. He will look attractive and he will be nice and helpful and he will get a job where he influences a great God-fearing nation and he will never do an evil thing... he will just bit by little bit lower standards where they are important. Just coax along flash over substance... Just a tiny bit. And he will talk about all of us really being salesmen. And he'll get all the great women.
I've been to many funerals of funny people, and they're some of the funniest days you'll ever have, because the emotions run high.
I don't think the goal is, 'How big a star did you ever become?' I think the goal is, 'Were you able to express yourself?'
Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'
How many people didn't get a part who would have been better than the person who got the part? Thousands.
I cast unusual people in my movies.
There's nothing funny about flying to Houston.
Excited about Black Friday. Also excited about Jew Tuesday.
I like movies about failing.
I never wanted to be a director.
I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.
Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.
I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.
