The best moments can't be preconceived. I've spent a lot of time in editing rooms, and a scene can be technically perfect, with perfect delivery and facial expression and timing, and you remember all your lines, and it is dead.

For me a film is at its best when you can start filling in the story with your own life experience.

Gay marriage is inevitable. The next generation, they get it. It is just a matter of time before it becomes a reality.

Once you hit 40, you start reexamining the math of it all. I'll trade wisdom for youth any day.

I embrace the messiness of life. I find it so beautiful actually.

Basically when you whittle everything away, I'm a grown man who puts on makeup.

I believe in the power of journalism. To make informed decisions, you have to have an understanding of the dynamics of a situation. And journalism does bridge gaps and creates dialogue.