When you are relaxed about where you are at in life, things tend to flow more fluidly. It is as if you poke three holes in a bucket of water. The same amount of water is going to flow out the holes whether you let it flow or you shake the bucket. The difference is the amount of turmoil on the inside of the bucket!

Forgiveness isn't about condoning what has happened to you or someone else's actions against you.

Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.

Very few cinematographers, other than the Europeans, know how to light women like they used to in the old days.

Unhappiness can be like a virus spreading from one person, to the next person, to the next one and so on. When someone is mean or rude to you, do not let their unhappiness infect your own life. If you are the unhappy one, please quarantine yourself so you do not infect others!

I had low self-esteem.

A lot of people got lost in Hollywood while trying to become a star. They lost themselves.