I consider myself an independent filmmaker.

Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping.

You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't.

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

My biggest fear in life is to be average.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite.

There are scenes that were right on the edge, but I always try to err on non-indulgence. It's something that I'm very careful about, that I'm just leaning too hard into something.

Sometimes we do not do things that we wish to do, so others will not know that we wish to do them.

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.

Give it time… The weak in character always get tired of pretending. Their true colors will show.

Sweet talk's like salt. You can add some later, if need be, but if you pour out too much, you can't sift it out again.

I looked at my two wolves. When I knelt they came to me rubbed against me smelling me and I stroked them. "Thank you for believing in me " I said and maybe they understood and maybe they didn't.

I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while.

I love funny women, and just being around them talking is fine with me. I love an interesting mind.

Nothing ages like laziness.

Somebody said that I am the last American living the tragedy of Europe.

Yeah, but Jesus is the most important thing to me and I want to be bold about it.

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

But Freedom Strike was actually quite cool.