"'Little Miss Sunshine' snowballed. It was a tiny movie. We shot it in 30 days, and it was really fun to do, but it was one of those small movies that you don't hold out huge hope for."

"Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust."

"The irony is that you can't use real rain to make movies."

"Audiences don't ever disappoint me, in the sense that movies I feel really good about, they usually feel really good about too."

"I've exchanged messages and photos of an explicit nature with about six women over the last three years. For the most part, these communications took place before my marriage, though some have sadly took place after. To be clear, I have never met any of these women or had physical relationships at any time."

"Resume: a written exaggeration of only the good things a person has done in the past, as well as a wish list of the qualities a person would like to have."

"I don't spend a lot of time thinking about scary demons, but I think that there are things in this world that are unexplainable that are mystical or paranormal. The possibility is there, definitely."

"Stars talk about how they dislike fans fussing over them, begging for autographs and things like that, but deep down inside, they love every minute of it."