Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

Cat lovers turn into cat collectors.

When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.

She is such a scene-stealer. She's got these lashes and big eyes, and when she walks on to the set everybody just says "ooh."

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

If you're working on a movie, you want it to be projected on the largest tapestry possible, and the sound to be perfect, and for that kind of communal experience of the movies to take place for it.

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.

We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations. I think that's part of the human condition.

It's safe to tell us stuff, okay?" This means it's not safe to tell them anything.

Through uninhibited relationship with God you are empowered to function

Even the people who once fought for others tend to get weak and eventually "give up" and lose interest in the worth of fighting any longer.

I am not a photographer, I am a canon owner !!!

He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.

I did a complete rewrite of 650 pages in two weeks.

As God’s chosen, blessed sons and daughters, we are expected to attempt something large enough that failure is guaranteed…unless God steps in.

You must hurt, or be hurt.

[Donald trump] is moved from the enemy being Barack Obama, now gone, fading is Hillary Clinton, and there is no question he's chosen the enemy.

I think every good, entertaining movie should have a message. I really believe that, because if you do it without it, the film feels a little bit soulless.