Greatness is not this, wonderful, esoteric, elusive, god-like feature that only the special among us will ever taste. You know? It's something that truly exists, in, all of us. It's very simple, this is what I believe, and, I'm willing to die for it. Period. It's that simple.

I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.

There is no pain worse than not achieving a dream when it is your fault. If God did not want you to have it, that is one thing. But if you do not get what you desire because you are lazy, there is no pain worse than that.

There ain't no problem that some other dude didn't have 1,000 years ago.

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.

Adolf Hitler was a vile, heinous, vicious killer responsible for one of the greatest acts of evil committed on this planet.

I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.