I love 'The Killing', I love 'Homeland' and 'Mad Men', all those shows that lean into the tone of things.

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.

Turn your failures into lessons, your obstacles into opportunities, your tragedies into triumphs, and in no time you will turn your dreams into reality.

History seemed meaningless here, or at least bewildered.

Love happens once – you get it or you lose it but be rest assured, you never come out of it.

Happiness has many roots but none more important than security.

I see myself as a climber and an activist.

Thankfully, President Obama has stood firmly behind women's health care issues by supporting coverage for contraception and reaffirming commitment to organizations like Planned Parenthood.

The American films just have so much more publicity and so much more money behind them that it's so hard to compete.

I suppose I am a sparrow, a stay-at-home bird.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

Instead of thinking about other people's thoughts and views of you, just think "I have to do well myself," and you'll be able to do well.