I'm a fan of musicals from great masters, and I was able to have an opportunity to express myself in musical numbers with Glee.

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real.

I've been clawing my way to directing since I was a kid.

I just wanted to make movies, but I never though about, "How am I being perceived because of my culture or my skin?"

If you can make the day, you can do whatever you want.

TV is all new to me because I came from features.

Ryan Murphy just gives new people a shot, and it takes a lot of confidence and generosity to do that.

I don't set out to do something weird, but if you see something a certain way and it's a little left of center, and you can realize it, that's a real thrill.

It becomes an extension of your imagination to make something tangible and concrete.

To me film school was film history because there weren't a lot of books out there that I had access to.

At some point, you have an opportunity to not be a first-time filmmaker anymore. You can embrace the genre and show the world how you can tell stories on a bigger scale.

A lot of negative words adults call the young, like 'naive,' 'impulsive' and 'way too connected online,' are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.

Look right at it. Know you can." Dad said. "Look right at that fear. Fear is the biggest bullshitter.

I find you can often find humor just by turning something upside-down. Like a... small child.

The ideal is to feel at home anywhere, everywhere.

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use.

One of my favorite comedies is Three Amigos! Oh my gosh, me and my brother quote that all the time.

It was my wife that insisted I do 'The Hangover.

I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow sound.

In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman. Do you remember?

BSB are a great bunch of guys, I really like them