You have your private life and you have your public life, and just don’t let them interfere.

It's good to get out of the closet and talk about it and find out other people's views.

I will say that my personal business is my personal business. And I will leave it at that.

I smile so much at the theater my face hurts when I leave.

There is going to be a hundred thousand doors slammed in your face before one opens, so feel ok about taking rejection.

The most beautiful thing is telling someone you love them, because you can only love another person if you love yourself

Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again.

So the characters that I choose, I like to make sure that they have depth and that they have some sort of bite. It's more fun.

There’s a fear that grasps each individual and what they think is right and what they think is wrong.

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.

They don't teach you just how to be in school. There's no class on that. There’s no multiple choice test for Why Do I Feel This Way?

Poetry translation is like playing a piano sonata on a trombone.

He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favour of two.

There is nothing like the whites of someone’s eyes to convince you how very true what you believe is, how very much you must act on it.

One of the top causes of startup death - right after cofounder problems - is building something no one wants.

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

When we turn luxuries into necessities, we jeopardize our ability for contentedness.

There are no rules in filmmaking

When do you feel most authentic? Authenticity feels so natural, so why isn't it easy?

I do my best to stay with tha times and keep makin hits that are timeless and relevant. Goin on 20 years so I must be doin sumthin right!

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.