Directing is like putting together a collage.

The writing process was some of the most exciting and rewarding moments of my life. It felt a lot like being in a band.

Whenever a really passionate, talented filmmaker seems to have an interest in me, I take it very seriously because I like to work.

Right now, if you're interested in being a dramatic actor, they're not making that many just regular dramas. Movies have to have some other thing going on.

If you can understand the inner life, then you can wear the uniform, the tattoos, or whatnot and realize that the things that are different about us become superficial.

You can't keep wanting to be 20 years old. Everybody knows that, but what's in the next room?

If you can channel the best part of you that is bigger than yourself, where it’s not about your ego and not about getting ahead, then you can have fun and you aren’t jealous of others. You see other people's talent as another branch of your own. You can keep it rooted in joy. Life is long and there are plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. The point of it all is to learn.