I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.

Sunglasses are like eye shadow: They make everything look younger and pretty

I like the idea of craziness with discipline.

Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.

One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.

What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.

Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.

I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness.

I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.

Time is the material from which everything is made

Only in a crowded, diverse place like New York, surrounded by strangeness, do I come home to myself.

There just aren't enough positive portrayals of Latino life in film.

Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can't explain why the tide goes in.

Once you get to that point when you can just be yourself and relax, I just think that you're so much happier in general.

Sometimes it is the emotional experience of film and television that bring a cause to our hearts and stir us to action - they inform and inspire.

Beware of stupid people who are motivated and energetic.

Love is the wild card of existence.

Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence?

Usually when you meet with a director, just meeting them after you've seen something you're interested in, they say, "Oh I'd love to work together," and sometimes you never hear from them again.