That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating.

Christianity has been responsible for plenty of horror and death in the world, all supposedly in God's name.

As people, [my parents were] very colorful, very talkative, passionate, they really loved each other. But that also meant heated, it meant there was a lot of drama in the house. Which is good for a filmmaker, I think.

I feel profoundly blessed. I feel it's a great privilege to make any motion picture.

Gay marriage is a complete red herring to distract everyone from the economy and the war and health care and education.

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.

I think audiences deserve the benefit of the doubt. I prefer to be surprised by them rather then just assume they'll react negatively to any new idea.