I tried to film ‘Leaves of Grass‘ in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.

We approach life not just to be able to think about it and talk about it and discover its truths, but also to enjoy it. And so a healthy life really isn’t about abstinence or asceticism, it’s about enjoying your time on this earth.

I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist.

I think we all live dichotomies. I’m a father of three boys and a loyal homebody sort of husband and father. And yet I act in movies and write and direct movies.

Really, life is full of contradictions. Life is messy.

Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

When I’m in a movie, what I always do, instead of sitting in a trailer or watching a DVD, is I go on the set and watch the director work and the actors work, and sometimes I’ll hang out with B camera and watch what they’re up to and ask questions because there’s so much to learn about the medium.

I started writing ‘Leaves Of Grass‘ when my professional life was falling apart somewhat. I just had a movie implode in pre-production. And so I came back licking my wounds to New York, where I live, and started to write a script about a protagonist for whom the exact same thing happened: His life was falling apart.