I think you need to have a healthy sense of doubt because I think doubt leads to inquiry.

I think probably winning these things [an Oscar] can be a bit of a curse depending on who you are and how you think. But I haven't been on a journey to get anywhere in particular, so that hasn't changed. And my criteria for choosing projects hasn't changed.

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

Art civilizes us and it connects us and activates us. And so it's really important to connect with compassion, with stories about people who are different from us.

When I was younger, I was actually looking forward to getting older, to have more insight, more understanding.

Wouldn't it be nice if the internet blew up?

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.