I listen to music cinematically. I think about music and how it would make me feel when it's put to an image, a moving image, and I love it.

The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.

I don't take a scene or word for granted.

Tarantino and Jackson is like Scorsese and DeNiro, and their silent communication.

I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't know whether to laugh or not, and I love that comedy.

The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving.

If you ever get the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino, you had better believe that it will be an experience of extremes.

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.

'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.

I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.

Unfortunately, when you're the king of the hill, there's really only one way to go, and that's down.

Meditation is a secular practice, not a religious practice.

To recreate a new aristocracy is the eternal task of every revolutionary project.

From where we stand the rain seems random. If we could stand somewhere else, we would see the order in it.

I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.

We do not live in a revolutionary time. People are not prepared to contest power.

I'm not a role model or the poster child for how to do anything.

The human animal has evolved as a preeminently social animal.

We are not born for ourselves alone.

Behind every great man is an even greater woman.

In my experience ideology is a lot like religion; it's a belief system and most people cling to it long after it becomes clear that their ideology doesn't describe the real world.