A lot of new American directors have had mentors who have given them advice. And some of them have had the way paved for them by huge Hollywood directors who saw a younger version of themselves.

I don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and there's nothing fancy about it.

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.

You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.

I'm an adaptable nomad. I love Paris, I've been living in Los Angeles and New York since 1990. I love London, too. My roots are inside of me.

I was six years old when I saw my first Godard movie, eight when I first experienced Bergman. I wanted to be a director when I was fourteen.

My therapist in Paris once told me that being creative is a better form of therapy for me than sitting on his couch.

Isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?

I can't really explain the feeling of acting. It makes you the most insecure you can possibly be.

Maybe I'm a bit of a psycho-but I'd rather be psycho than boring.

I like doing sequels. Basically, I think it's a fun thing to follow characters in time. In real time.

Conversion does not make us perfect, but it does catapult us into a total experience of discipleship that affects - and infects - every sphere of our living.

You can measure the true strength of a man by how well he controls others, but you measure his true power by how well he controls himself

As a comedian, the more you commit the sin of stupidity, three essential things happen to your life:~people applaud you incessantly.~love you more than their parents.~give you a daily bread.

God is the Ruler of His mighty creation. There is no reason to despair, because He holds in His hands the whole world, while His Spirit is able to fill the void in man’s heart.

Pride had rather go out of the way than go behind.

I'm very happy being me, although sometimes I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly.

Success can corrupt; usefulness can only exalt.

A life's record with God in the details can be a spiritual feast for our souls. When we count our blessings on paper, our gratitude soars. It is all so evident.

The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.

I've always just wished that maybe someday people would care about the words that I wrote.