"What's the level of compromise for making that kind of money? How far do I have to sell my soul? What's the price of that? And I don't know if I want to make those kind of compromises any more. I think I'm a different person. I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work." If Hollywood gives you a break and it gives you stardom, then it can take it away. If you earn it, it can't take it away. I spent a lot of my life traveling and I knew that's where I got most of my education, not in school. Writing is a lonely job, unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach. The most significant thing my father has taught me is that my job is no more or less important than someone else's. When I realize there are a billion people in China who don't know I exist, any flightiness is swept away "People come up to me on the street and say, 'Men at Work is the funniest movie I ever saw in my life'. But, you know, I do have to question how many movies these people have seen". "I used to Google my name to see what came up - it hurt."