When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.

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.

It's not enough to say that the Olympics is an athletic contest outside of politics, because it's not. The Chinese clearly are using the Olympics to recreate how they are viewed in the world and how they view themselves.

Even in comedies, you've got to feel safe for things to just happen in a way that is natural and free, and recognizable as human.

Food is the only beautiful thing that truly nourishes.

I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.