“…there’s nothing in the world more fun than doing something you’re good at.”

“… perversely, it is often more fun to want something than to have it.”

“Believing you’re good at something just because you do it—without any information that you’re doing it well—is indeed irrational.”

“Nothing is fun until you're good at it.”

“A saint a real saint never does anything, a martyr does something but a really good saint does nothing, and so I wanted to have Four Saints who did nothing and I wrote the Four Saints In Three Acts and they did nothing and that was everything.
Generally speaking anybody is more interesting doing nothing than doing something.”

“Work is more fun than fun.”

“There is nothing I dislike more in the world than people who care more about ideology than they do about people.”

“You almost create this infinite universe for the character that you’re playing and then you’re compromising it into the story that you’re doing. Whatever character you’re playing, you kind of explore endlessly more than what’s on the page. You use that exploration to do the performance that’s in the film, but hopefully, people will see all that work and preparation in those little glimpses of scenes and moments. Oh, there’s something there. There’s so much more happening with this character.”

“I really don't care that much about "Beauties." What I really like are Talkers. To me, good talkers are beautiful because good talk is what I love. The word itself shows why I like Talkers better than Beauties, why I tape more than I film. It's not "talkies." Talkers are doing something. Beauties are being something. Which isn't necessarily bad, it's just that I don't know what it is they're being. It's more fun to be with people who are doing things.”

“Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.”