I think it's my job to risk looking foolish. One of the things I've learned from the actors I've worked with is you don't get something for nothing. If you don't risk looking foolish, you'll never do anything special.

The theater, for me, has always been a place where I'm free to be more creative, a place to sharpen my tools.

At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, 'Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer,' we invariably choose the money.

When you start becoming really successful, the demons start to tempt you - the demons of vanity and self importance, drug abuse, the feelings of fraudulence. But, it's also a thrill. That's what I found weird.

For me, the perfect romantic suspense hero has got to be tough on the outside but tender at his core. A take-charge kind of guy who has his own inner strength and a strong sense of right and wrong - which might not dovetail with the conventional wisdom. I mean, he might bend the law if he thinks the ends justify the means.

I actually speak fluent German. And I live in Vienna, and I'm married to a Viennese woman.

The Best Man' was my first feature film, and I didn't want to be known as a director who only does romantic comedies.

Either marriage is a destiny, I believe, or there is no sense in it at all, it's a piece of humbug.