The reality is, we can change. We can change ourselves. We can change our minds. We can change our hearts. And therefore the universe changes.

As custodians of the planet it is our responsibility to deal with all species with kindness, love, and compassion. That these animals suffer through human cruelty is beyond understanding. Please help to stop this madness.

Sometimes I'm kind of spacey. I'm like Ferdinand the bull, sniffing the daisy, not aware of time, of what's going on in the real world.

Julia [Roberts]. She's got two kids and animals, and I think she's a night nibbler. There'd be crumbs everywhere.

I don't meet many people that are evil. I meet human beings who are flawed, who are mentally ill and have enormous problems, but I don't think I've ever met someone who was a totally dark energy that had no humanity or sense of love or affection for anything in their life. That's very rare.

Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.

A lot of making a movie is the comfort level of the people. It's just feeling open. We need to get along. We have to know something about each other.