From a Buddhist point of view, emotions are not real. As an actor, I manufacture emotions. They're a sense of play. But real life is the same. We're just not aware of it.

If you have any question in your mind, don't do it. If you go in thinking it's going to fix something that's wrong, don't do it.

I tend to be a bit of a dreamer.

There is a way of looking at an awful place from a certain angle that allows it to take on a beauty because it is what it is.

I can’t remember that I was ever looking for anything. I was waiting for something to touch me. It’s like, I’ll be open to it, and see if it moves me. There has to be a "falling in love" moment.

I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a giraffe.

My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.