I really got into filmmaking through photography.

I think people like comedies and I think concept driven comedies seem to be working when it's a clear concept and you deliver funny stuff.

Bangkok, like Las Vegas, sounds like a place where you make bad decisions.

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.

Music is just one of the tools a director has with which to paint and I think it's one of the most effective.

I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing.

You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film.

I just thinks it's interesting what it takes an actor to find their characters through the wardrobe, or the hair, or the way a character walks.

You're never nice to your friends. You're nice to people you don't like!

I take it very seriously, music. I think it's one of the tools that a director has with which to kind of paint. The right music can sometimes do five pages of scripted dialogue.

To make a movie about mayhem, sometimes you have to go to mayhem.

Man has created technology. Technology has created man

We can live such a more abundant life when we simply embrace the journey as much as we desire the destination.

When we finished the kiss she said laughing, I can taste your loneliness - it tastes like vinegar. That annoyed me. Everyone knows loneliness tastes like cold potato soup.

Think, Act, Become

Embrace your struggles. They are making you the person you were meant to be.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

Don't be bothered by troubles because they are generally guests we ourselves invite - they will stay for some time and then leave

Do you know people who insist they like 'all kinds of music'? That actually means they like no kinds of music.

A sufficiently great and generous trust could never be abused.

Duty and to-day are ours; results and futurity belong to God.