I had a very supportive family environment that gave me room to explore and discover things about myself.

Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.

I always liked film as a teaching tool - a way of getting exposed to ideas that had never been presented to me. It just wasn't on the list of career options where I grew up.

I was hiding out from the celebrity thing, I was smoking way too much dope, I was sitting on the couch, and just turning into a doughnut, and I really got irritated with myself.

We in America have some grand ideals - and some very strong ideals - but a lot of times, those ideals are used for marketing.

I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.

I was very curious about the world even at a young age, and I don't know at what point I became aware that other cultures believed in different religions, and my question was, 'Well, why don't they get to go to Heaven then?'