I'm constantly questioning the effects technology has had on our lives and the effect that monetary debt has had on all of us. We keep this as a dark little secret: 'This is how much interest I owe.'

I've always laughed at the term "female director" or even "black director." A director's a director.

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

My sister is an ER doctor and my brother is a teacher.

All you 'Twilight' fans, can't thank you really enough for being so supportive. You're real cool people.

I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.

Mara Casey gave me my first job. I saw something online, and it was for a part in a "Gilmore Girls" episode, and I thought I was right for it.

Nothing I do is salacious or provocative or shocking for the sake of that.

My sister is an ER doctor, and my brother is a teacher.

Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

Any philosophy is a sacrilege against creation. It just gives people the kinds of explanations that they want to hear.

To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself.

Passion though a bad regulator is a powerful spring.

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

People can live through hardship, but from hard feelings they perish.

The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.

All I can do is just do what I can do and not be hampered by knowing that some people won't like it.

It doesn't matter if you fall down, it's whether you get back up.

Giving is the safety valve that releases the excess pressure of wealth.

But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second.