If I stay alert, then I can challenge myself, and by challenging myself, that helps me to stay alive and to hopefully take something away from the experience.

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I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and...

I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and...

I just have a respect for my audience. That seems to be pretty logical.

I just have a respect for my audience. That seems to be pretty logical.

I'm a really huge fan of the old romantic comedies from the '30s and '40s......

I'm a really huge fan of the old romantic comedies from the '30s and '40s......

To me, it's the kiss of death when you start winking at the audience as...

To me, it's the kiss of death when you start winking at the audience as...

Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot...

Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot...

I think what makes us human - is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability...

I think what makes us human - is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability...

Most of my career up until the last couple of years has basically been a...

Most of my career up until the last couple of years has basically been a...

I'm interested in people that don't always do the right thing, its much more akin...

I'm interested in people that don't always do the right thing, its much more akin...

I spent a lot of years just learning my craft and falling down in front...

I spent a lot of years just learning my craft and falling down in front...

To stand there and do nothing on film is probably the hardest thing to do.

To stand there and do nothing on film is probably the hardest thing to do.

I can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe.

I can't stand to see myself act. It just makes me cringe.

My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability.

My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability.

It's kind of true that they just start making the same movie over and over...

It's kind of true that they just start making the same movie over and over...

I'm of the mind that life is a risk, every time you leave your house...

I'm of the mind that life is a risk, every time you leave your house...

I'm interested in the impact my movies have on people and how it affects them,...

I'm interested in the impact my movies have on people and how it affects them,...

I still collect comics. I still have a great love and respect for the genre.

I still collect comics. I still have a great love and respect for the genre.

Harrison Ford - one of my favorite actors - has a wonderful sense of character...

Harrison Ford - one of my favorite actors - has a wonderful sense of character...

People lose people, we lose things in our life as we're constantly growing and changing....

People lose people, we lose things in our life as we're constantly growing and changing....

Some of the supporting roles that I've done as an actor, I took them because...

Some of the supporting roles that I've done as an actor, I took them because...