I was raised in a religious home. It was unreasonable enforced religion that turned me off it. It was a joyless, unpleasant, stupid, barbaric thing when I was a child and I've never gotten over that feeling. If you're talking about religion it's one thing; I don't hold Jewish religion with any more seriousness than I would any other.

I work all the time because it's a great distraction and it keeps me from sitting home and obsessing morbidly.

It's easier to direct. If you direct something poorly and re-shoot it the next day, stage it better, make it work better, you have a lot of possibilities. You can edit it in certain ways so that it works, but there's no getting around weaknesses of the script.

The heart wants what it wants.

I've always liked, someday the lamb will lay by the lion.... but it won't get much sleep.

I've become the person I've always hated, but I'm happier.

Change is almost always negative. Things degenerate.