The world is sick of big IT things that don't work.

I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.

I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing.

There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.

I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.

A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.

I've had a love affair with every movie I've ever done.

The real world is where I get to educate and entertain myself. I go and touch the real world and touch real people. That's my way into movies.

Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people.

I have a short attention span.

Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.

A void in my chest was beginning to fill with anger. Quiet, defeated anger that guaranteed me the right to my hurt, that believed no one could possibly understand that hurt.

Good neighbors always spy on you to make sure you are doing well.

Hearts can deceive. Words can deceive. But eyes we should trust.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create disticntions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

If it's supposed to be a really passionate snog, you slip the tongue in.

When I face myself, I go, "You have a fear of really being on your own. So you know what? That's what we're gonna do right now.

Silly dark elves. Earth is for Druids.

To practice nonviolence in mundane matters is to know its true value.

Many have told me through the years: 'I think I'll take my chances without Jesus.' And I always come back and say, 'So what chance is that?'

When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.