Activists must be admired for the sacrifices they are willing to make for those things they hold dear. I would say those kinds of ways of looking at life enrich the value of life, and that is a good thing.

The biggest industry hoax is that the United States can't move to renewable energy now. It's a lie.

Trying to find the story within the story was hard. Filmmaking is such a reductive process in a strange way and you keep whittling away to what is essential.

I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant.

You can tell a lot about a person by what’s on their playlist.

Love conquers all - love is the grace that transcends any kind of injustice in the end.

Tom [McCarthy] said to me, "Buddy, you got an Oscar nomination through that haircut! That's the real feat, man."