Quotes from Thomas Haden Church

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.

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

I would just turn into a giant pair of lips. "Oh God! There he is! It's Lip-Man!"

But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role are just around the corner of the next audition.

I enjoy doing press for something that I like, and I think the movie is very fun and charming and clever.

I invested, and I protected myself, so I enjoy that freedom.

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

It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting.

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.

I kind of have a rededication in my life now to acting because I'm very fond of being in this movie.

The Divorce, it's just like any performance that's given where I really just completely lost myself in that life.

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.

I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible.

But I'm a citizen of Texas and try to spend most of my time there.

I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references.

Cary and I are working together on another movie, Charlotte's Web.

The title of the movie is open to interpretation.

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

I love going to the feed store and drinking coffee and talking about how much rain we need.

To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out.

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

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

I'm not so proud to think that anything is unworthy, and I don't think I was that way 10 years ago.

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.