It gets better. It gets so much easier to be in your skin no matter what size that skin is. If you do something that you're good at and that makes you happy, that's the best outlet that I could ever suggest to anybody....if you are able to just enjoy who you are, and if you can learn to love who you are, then you'll just be a much happier person.

The second time I was banned was when I directed a film called Xiu Xiu. I was banned for three years from China.

It gets better. It gets so much easier to be in your skin no matter what size that skin is. If you do something that you're good at and that makes you happy, that's the best outlet that I could ever suggest to anybody....if you are able to just enjoy who you are, and if you can learn to love who you are, then you'll just be a much happier person.

I feel vulnerable when I am underprepared. This applies to underpreparedness with just about anything, especially work.

I think one of the big challenges about science fiction is finding truth to relate to as an actor.

I think the idea of embodying the physical presence of a character is the same on stage and screen. There are just different levels of expression to keep in mind for each platform.

Science fiction is one of the smartest genres around because you have to have so much forethought.