Pain destroys the illusions of false, that is, elitist pleasures. It burns from the inside out. It, therefore, sensitizes us to what is truly beautiful in life.

Our self-expression is meant to be a manifestation of the silence of our hearts.

Filmmaking is always sort of building a mosaic of this arc of what the character is going through.

The universe is in the habit of making beauty. There are flowers and songs, snowflakes and smiles, acts of great courage, laughter between friends, a job well done, the smell of fresh baked bread. Beauty is everywhere.

A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.

Im not really a tropical paradise kind of person.

I'm either going to have the career I want doing films, or I'll do something else - I'll be gone.