You don't want to do what your parents want you to do. You got your own things. And the whole idea of getting a job because of who your father is - that didn't isn't right.
In life and in movies, it's a similar challenge, where you have expectations, and you end up in situations that are not meeting your expectations.
Well, I'm not a big sports fan.
I want to have all of my faculties.
Normally, we push away the things we're scared of.
People fall in love for mysterious reasons.
I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.
For me and my wife, it was love at first sight.
I think there's a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.
You know, I thought we could use a good myth about technology to help guide us through these particular modern waters right now.
I've worked with a lot of kids, and when you're working with kids they have certain hours that they have to work.
I've gone out of my way to not take baggage with me from film to film.
I'm used to watching old movies of myself.
I love seeing somebody act real earnest and serious, like Jackie Gleason. He makes me laugh because he reflects back to me my own serious-mindedness and how ridiculous it all is. It's always easier to see somebody else in that position than yourself, and you laugh. It's like the classic slipping on the banana peel, or someone getting hit by a pie in the face. Why do those things make us laugh? Is it from relief, like: Thank God it wasn't me? Or is it something else: I'm being very serious now. I'm pontificating earnestly and solemnly about-POW! PIE IN THE FACE! The bust-up of certainty.
Pretend was a big part of my childhood.
Execution is everything.
Directing takes a lot of time.
I'm not real good at romance.
You don't want to vilify your ego.
My mother and my father were very nurturing and wonderful examples of how to live your life.
I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.
I'm kind of an idea guy.
I've got to watch my back, so I can't put on too much weight.
It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed.
Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.
