I feel like everything I make is personal to me.

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.

Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unpredictable.

If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

...the clear water the color of deeply steeped tea, surrounded by cattails and gracile grasses.

God is incorporeal divine supreme infinite Mind Spirit Soul Principle life Truth Love.

My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.

Religion helps you relate with the universe. Buddha was indifferent to the concept of god yet he gave us values.

I wouldnt be the same actor if I couldnt do theater.

I'm just trying to work hard every day, trying to be a better player and one day, to be right there with them, one of those special hitters.

Remember always that the least plain sister is the family beauty.

This was a manuscript of the night we couldn’t read.

We’re not always going to be here. Live life to the full, with purpose & passion, pursuing your dreams.

I was never like, "collect, collect," like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time!