It takes forever to make a film. It's a gargantuan thing of untold effort.

All the things that live within you find their place, in character and story, once you tap into that other space that is the creative writing space.

Life, to me, is never one color. Even in the saddest moments, you can have a chuckle. And in the happiest moments, you can shed a tear.

I think hope is key, in life and in art.

Ultimately, what audiences respond to is truth. Even as fantastical as the story can be, and out there, at its core, it's dealing with loss, madness and mortality.

Casting is very instinctual. I really like to meet people. To me, it's about their essence more than their audition.

If you're gonna take people on a journey that deals with some pretty heavy themes, I think you best have a sense of humor, here and there.

The more personal you get, the more universal a story you end up telling.

Weakness is not a characteristic you want to share with the world

The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.

We've all got a black book of missed opportunities.

Aquarium fishes even if they only imagine going to a lake, the windows of that aquarium will become thinner than before.

We are a social animal, power only exists in a social sense, we have to work in groups.

A nation without borders is no nation at all.

I'm a baseball player. I'm also a guy who mows his lawn and plays with his dog.

Ultimately, theatre takes place in the minds of the audience: they all imagine the same thing at the same time.

I wish I could see outta two eyes.

Laughter is just a slowed down scream of terror.