I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.

That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.

It's an enormous wall that's built between you and your dreams. And if every day, you just chip away... It may take ten years, but eventually you just might see some light.

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that ‘do what makes you happy’ thing in check.

I am a big fan of the old Howard Hawks films from the 30s and 40s, I was a big Hepburn and Tracey fan for a while and Woody Allen films that are a very different kind of romantic comedy.

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche.

I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic.

Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.

Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue to achieve one thing: keep the characters honest.

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men or they are no better than dreams.

I want to see people do more than simply raise their hand when they come to Christ. Where are the totally changed lives?

Our actions are our own; their consequences belong to Heaven.

I'm hopeless with money; I simply spend what I've got.

A man who has drank his drinks cold at the same expense for one week can never be presented with them warm again.

A woman with knowledge is something that frightens the status quo quite a lot.

This desert town was man's own miracle of pure purposelessness.

I really don't look at my past and I really don't look too much to the future because I find that's sort of redundant. I really live right in the present. I live right in the now.

Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.

I do think awful things may happen at any moment, so while they are not happening, you may as well be pleased.