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You'll sacrifice a lot of things in the early part of your career to be successful, but to be ahead of your competitors, you have to work hard.

I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I'm better off at some sort of independent place where they not only like what I produce but also trust me to be the one to produce it.

You're never going to get from the industry what you give to it. But it's worth it; you just have to be realistic.

I will benefit from being a part of this industry, but I also want the industry to benefit from me.

The only way to sustain a career is to be as prolific as you can be, and open to opportunities.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,' so I thought, 'OK, I'll act.' That was the foolishness of my vision for my life - that my backup career would be completely undependable.

It's this idea that success changes you as a person... I've never seen my career that way.

You achieve because you're lucky to work with people who are very talented.

There is nothing in your background that inherently holds you back or means you can't achieve what others can achieve. You are the master of your own fate, and if you work hard, you can do what you want.