I haven't worked with people who are jealous or competitive. That's a particularly deadly attitude to have when you're working on a film.

Food is the only beautiful thing that truly nourishes.

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality.

There are some problems on this planet that seem to be intractable.

Why is it when we have 10 million people in this country who say 'No', we still have a president who says 'Yes.' In a democracy, something's wrong here.

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.

People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. On a certain level, everyone throws ideas into the hopper. It's not like the actors are wind-up dolls that you push out onto the floor, play with, then put back in the box. You get people around you who you trust; the writer, the producer, the director and all the actors all contribute.