“Am I a romantic? I’ve seen “Wuthering Heights” ten times. I’m a romantic.”

It’s funny because what happens to me when I read a script, when something grabs hold of me, I start getting these flashes of people or places or things or images.

I would give everything if I could only keep my family.

Life’s pretty good, and why wouldnt it be? I’m a pirate, after all.

The problem is that everybody treats teenagers like they’re stupid.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it’s just not acting. It’s lying.

My favorite color is black.

If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one, because if you really loved the first, you wouldn’t have fallen for the second.

If they let me choose between you and the dog, I’ll choose the dog.

People cry not because they’re weak, it’s because they’ve been strong for too long.

Crazy people don’t know they’re crazy. I know I’m crazy, therefore I am not crazy. Isn’t that crazy?

Simplicity, that’s what I want. It’s been a rare commodity for me for a number of years.

We’re all damaged in our own way. Nobody’s perfect. I think we’re all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.

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.

One of the greatest pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten in my life was from my mom.

Me, I’m dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it’s the honest ones you have to watch out for.

Better to not know which moment may be your last. Every morsel of your entire being alive to the infinite mystery of it all.

Movies are a collective art. Art by proxy.

I don’t believe in having body doubles for a film.

Justin Timberlake is terrific in this film. I told him it’s time to stop singing.

I made some truly awful movies. ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’ was the worst. If you ever want someone to confess to murder just make him or her sit through that film. They will confess to anything after 15 minutes.

I’m not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.

Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he’s that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it’s not, I assure you.

You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that’s a home run.

Jet was very busy. I’ve been inspired by a lot of his movies.