You don't do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there's something gnawing at you, something inside.

When we're threatened, it's very easy to appeal to our basic natures.

I’m a deeply broken person, and broken institutions fascinate me.

As soon as you think you know Clint Eastwood, you don't know Clint Eastwood.

We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.