I like naps. I don't drink coffee.

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.

Polysyllables obfuscate a preponderant ignorance with so much more style and panache.

Lieutenant Mortas is the black sheep of the family--I thought you knew that.

I owe everything - my success and happiness - to men.

Without a doubt there are women who would vote intelligently. There are also men who knit socks beautifully.

I believe in the right to life.

Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.

I'm great at a deathbed. I've never given tranquillisers or psychiatric medicine. I've given love and fun and creativity and passion and hope, and these things ease suffering.

Knowing your coach has confidence in you is big for a young player.

What kind of person should you be to someone who has fallen? The kind of person you will run to when you fall.