I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.

When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.

The Black Lives Matter movement, the various Occupy movements in Spain and the rest of Europe, in this country, and elsewhere serve as an example of what can be done, and how strong the voices for positive change and truly democratic progress can be.

Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.

What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected.

To find a good story, you’re generally going to find it in independent or lower budget movies... I wouldn’t mind doing a big budget movie if it had a great story.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.