I think that the whole voyeuristic attitude of filmmakers or of me personally - of shooting documentaries and so forth - is an important issue.

I'd say to anyone trying to break into the business: Don't just be interested in movies. Be interested in life. Be a person. Be in touch.

We, as film-makers, are privileged. We can make people cry or laugh. We can make them think and feel. It is a great privilege and a great responsibility.

There is a very particular feeling I get when I have the camera in my hand, looking at an actor talk, knowing that what I’m shooting will end up on the screen.

I've been in wars and in riots and hung out of many helicopters in the early days. And there's a detachment that happens when you look through the camera. You're looking for the shot.

Most people, I believe, when they're asked profound questions about their own persona are not really able to enunciate it, because it's a combination of so many things.

I am part of a system which encourages people to buy things and do things which are not to their best interest.

I felt that that experience, because of the responsible nature that I found I acted all during that traumatic time, that I felt that I was a man.

My mother let me know that we're all connected. If some of us become more affluent it's not because we're better or even smarter people - we have a responsibility to ourselves to be a good boy.

Not one Wall Street executive has been charged with crimes since the 2008 financial crash.

From my image of digging around in the mud like a grunt, I preferred fighting the war from ships.

If you lose faith, then you begin to fear.

No one gives joy or sorrow. ... We gather the consequences of our own deeds.

For my diet, I choose mostly organic. But in general, I am a big believer in trying to strike a balance with everything.

Listen, people like Brian Bendis did great things for comic readers, great things for comic readers.

Life is like an EKG. Without the ups and downs, you're not living.

Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing.

In recounting our woes, we often soothe them.

Anxiety comes into existence only when we become identified with small things. And they all pass.

What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.

I think Kenny Chesney or Garth Brooks would be the coolest duet partners. I look up to them so much for their work ethics.