The truth is most of the films that make a lot of money no one remembers, and I'm not interested in making films that no one remembers.

You can’t just lump things into two categories. Things aren’t that simple.

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

What world am I living in?' Aren't movies made to have something to say? Why make a movie if you don't have something to say? What are you doing it for? Are you doing it because you want to make a lot of money?

I was trying to figure out where my intellect, if I really have one, where it fit. And so I was searching. I really didn't know who I was or what I really wanted to be, and in that search, like I think you do as an actor, you end up trying to define whatever that is, and I sort of said, "Oh well, searching spiritually in a way is interesting, and Eastern religion seems to be about a search."

When I walk into a screening, I'm nervous in a different way than I am as an actor. But the response is ultimately I know how I feel about it and that's what matters to me the most.

I have a profound respect for cinematographers. That is my secret sauce. Like they are everything to me.