Food is just the greatest joy on the planet.

When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it.

Happiness doesn't come from commercial success but from the quality of work that you give back to your immediate community.

I think it's important that we run that tension between the way things are, in terms of the way we're governed, and the way we sort of become complacent.

Understanding that which is foreign to you is fundamental to cultivating a sense of connection and unity with one another. We are ultimately trying to accomplish the same thing, which is survival and the thriving of a better world.

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.

You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.