I don't see what else you can spend your money on. . . If you want to own things, art is a pretty good bet.
When you can come across a piece of material that's totally original and fun and completely satisfying, you jump on it.
I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go down dark alleys, but if you're making an action movie and you want to have an action sequence, somehow you have to get that character into that dangerous situation.
That's why 'The Bourne Identity' has that sort of shaky style, because for the most part, Matt Damon and I were sneaking around Paris and shooting where we didn't have permits.
At the end of the day, it's still a show about guys who ride extremely fast motorcycles for a living.
You can find truly original pieces of writing, but they're original because you go, "Who would have even have thought of that?," or, "Why would anyone ever want to go see that?"
I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at and letting it all out.
On Twitter, when someone would die, I would write a joke. Or if there's a tragedy, I would write a joke and tweet it. That was my thing, and then at a certain point, people started demanding it.
I would like to explode, flow, crumble into dust, and my disintegration would be my masterpiece.
It is utterly astonishing how ordinary a book can be and still be thought the product of omniscience.
I have never met a dog I couldn't help; however, I have met humans who weren't willing to change.