I think it is more important to tell a story rather than follow any trend; that is a less bold way to go. If you do that [follow trends] you are just trying to ride on the coat tails of someone else's success.

Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form.

Hollywood, as everyone knows, glamorizes physical courage. . . . if I had to define courage myself, I wouldn't say it's about shooting people. I'd say it's the quality that stimulates people, that enables them to move ahead and look beyond themselves.

I can't do that to myself...

Everybody's got a right to be a sucker ... once.

Self-respect leads to self-discipline.

At certain points if your life, you like doing more. I'm not sure what causes it or for what reasons; you just do it.