I'm doing a record that has a story that runs through all of the songs, and then there is also a film that goes along with it.

I think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do.

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.

It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

I think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me.

I'm not really equipped to do anything else but making movies. In every other aspect of my life I'm a total failure.

I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment.

I saw the main character played by Mads Mikkelsen, and he's amazing. Hannibal had that going for it.

I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well.

Right now is a very interesting time because of the digital cameras, and the fact that you can edit anywhere. It's a great time to be a filmmaker, is a great time to be starting off.

If we can benchmark nature on how it operates, then we never have to worry about how, and when God takes care of us.

Creation is filled with soul-sick folks, colored and white, never knowing where they belong. They tangle everybody else up in their grief.

Without imagination nothing is dangerous.

There is no real way to categorize McLean's 'American Pie' for its hybrid of modern poetry and folk ballad, beer-hall chant and high-art rock.

Sarah Palin finally heard what happened in Japan and she's demanding that we invade 'Tsunami.'

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.

Being used to scientific terminology and theory it was always natural for me to push this stuff into songs.

Don't hate the player; change the game

We need men of the cross, with the message of the cross, bearing the marks of the cross.

In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice.