"And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen."

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"Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days."

Winning

"But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny - funny is transcendent - it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie."

Funny

"Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, it's just really another kind of tangential thing in his life."

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"But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second."

Time

"I made a comfortable living for several years. I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom."

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"As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school."

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"I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing."

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"Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span."

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"But to this day I am convinced that the real reason we met was because Alexander is from Nebraska, and he was completely fascinated that I was about to go off and make a movie with Brando - perhaps the most famous Nebraskan of all."

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"But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure."

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