The buried code of many American films has become: If I kill you, I have won and you have lost. The instinctive ethical code of traditional Hollywood, the code by which characters like James Stewart, John Wayne and Henry Fonda lived, has been lost.

A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room.

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented.

Why is it that English, drama and music teachers are most often recalled as our mentors and inspirations? Maybe because artists are rarely members of the popular crowd.

We must try to contribute joy to the world.

It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.