We always want to see people strive and see the human spirit triumph against adversity. That's what it's all about because that's what we're doing. We're trying to triumph in our lives.

It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.

One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.

It's hard to be depressed around a ukulele. You just pick it up and you're halfway home.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.

I've studied Stanislavsky, and Mamet taught Stanislavsky, and I studied with Sanford Meisner. But the part of the method that I think is the most fruitful is the method of physical actions. It all comes down to your objective: Nothing else counts except what you want. How you feel will take care of itself.