The only responsibility I feel is to deliver something that’s new or at least to attempt that. The real responsibility is to entertain and to try and make people laugh.
As a teenager I was so insecure. I was the type of guy that never fitted in because he never dared to choose. I was convinced I had absolutely no talent at all. For nothing. And that thought took away all my ambition too.
People will say a movie bombed at the box office but I couldn’t care less.
It’s all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It’s like you’ve met your reason to live.
I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work or whether I’m going to fall flat on my face.
I’d never even sung in the shower, I’m too mortified. But once I got over the initial fear it was kind of enjoyable. Sondheim’s melodies and lyrics are a real pleasure to tromp around in, it’s really beautiful stuff.
I don’t pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do.
I would give everything if I could only keep my family.
School’s a weird thing. I’m not sure it works.
No one wants to go out mid-sentence.
They’re all about where people come from. The only thing important is where somebody’s going.
I mean, I think everybody should probably approach a film that it’s another unwanted thing. That’s going to be seared onto my brain for the rest of my life. Thank you for that.
This dress code should be mandatory for most events.
Any man who had to carry a child would cave in around month two.
I have toyed with the idea of playing it straight. But, like I say, I really believe we are all out of our minds at some level.
If it’s called a selfie, why are there people in it?
Love is one of the hardest words to say and one of the easiest to hear.
I found the evil in myself a long time ago, and I’ve accepted it. We’re old friends.
One day, the people that didn’t believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.
The challenge for me is still to do something that hasn’t been beaten into the movie going consciousness. Otherwise what am I in it for?