An interesting thing that I've learned is that "no" doesn't always really mean "no," it just simply means "not now."

Some of my favorite all-time movies - Wong Kar-wai is just amazing. In the Mood for Love is probably my favorite film ever. Those lyrical montages are so stunning.

I watch everything from independent art-house cinema to foreign film. I don't watch as many Hollywood blockbusters but once in a while, I'm curious. I like to see what's out there.

I definitely did not play myself. As the writer of the script, I have traits of all the characters. I can relate to all of the characters.

Keep doing what you're doing no matter what anyone says. Defy your own doubt.

You could do anything in your room at college. You could smoke pot live in a coed dorm have a girl. But you couldn't have a . . . hot plate!

Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.

One never sees Paris for the first time; one always sees it again.

Everyone deserves a happy ending.

I just think we live in a world where people are so excited about the hot new thing, but you can't necessarily tell a story in one movie. With this platform, we can really dive deep and go for it.

I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy.

Singing still brings me tremendous joy, the reception you get and you never know what people are going to share with you after the event.

Talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not.

Living without Laughing isn't living. Be silly. Be honest. Be Kind.

What do you get the man who has everything? Might I suggest a gravestone inscribed with the words: so what?