I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.

If we replaced guns with guitars, then the world would be a concert

Everyone is a little bit more close-knit and you rely on people a little bit more. The bigger the budget gets, the more everyone toes the line in their department.

Making a movie is like getting married. You're like, "Am I going to marry this project? Am I ready for that kind of commitment?"

I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.

Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that, on 'Fading of the Cries.'

Whenever I'm doing any film, I'm always just happy to have a job and I always just put 110% of myself into it.

I didn't really have the entire high school experience. I've been working since I was six years old, so I didn't go to the classic high school.

Drive fast, take chances.  Interpretation: Don't worry about breaking the emotional speed limit.  Rush headlong into life and enjoy every moment of exhilaration!

Gratitude is like the stem of the flower

He straightened, assuming an odd attitude of dignity – as though it were another mask.

The way I work, typically, I do everything at the very last minute. Even if I was given two months, I'd do it in the last three days

You can only succeed when people are communicating, not just from the top down, but in complete interchange. Communication comes from fighting off my ego and listening.

I don't care what the religion is called; as far as I'm concerned, one God, the God I adhere to, is in charge of all of them.

Being attached to someone is not about the other person. It is about your own sense of inadequacy.

Men are allowed to write songs about people and women are allowed to write songs about women

I was Pac-Man. It was the worst costume ever. You would expect a big round suit, but it was just a mask and a smock with a maze on it.

Any press is good press.