But, it has something to do with having belief in a human future and what that human future is. What is the future of humanity? How does this whole experiment not self-destruct with the environment and everything else going on?

Eventually, if you're the train that's leaving the station, people will race to catch up with you. I think that's one of the things I've figured out. You can't wait for permission to act, you just do; then people are like, "Oh, look at that person just doing over there. Maybe I'll come join them."

The most intoxicating thing about being an actor is to surrender to a story that you never would have come up with.

A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience.

I think one thing for sure that you learn the more films that you make is how important it is to choose your collaborators.

I think I am looking as an actor to find ways to push myself into places I haven't been before as a human being.

I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything.