The thing I learned from 'Pride and Glory' is that people like to feel a little better leaving the theater than they did coming in.

I remember, after 'Tumbleweeds,' my friend and I wrote 'Pride and Glory.' I was just about to get it going. I had some really great actors attached, and New Line was going to make the movie, and 9/11 happened. And it was over. By September 12, it was over. And rightfully so. I understood that.

When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.

I only feel better because people aren't being so abusive to me about my weight.

Sundance is going to be a defining moment in my life. But the unfortunate thing about Sundance is, when you have a film there, you can't have the opportunity to see other films.

It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.