Chris Cooper I got to work with many times.

I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.

Don't differentiate between 'This is a job' and 'This is what I'm doing for fun.' It's all simultaneous.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unpredictable.

If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself.

The past is just a story we tell ourselves.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

You and I have been created with a DNA that drives us to want to live a life with good experiences, forces us to human growth and leads us to the contribution of something beyond our understanding.

The stories in books hate the stories contained in newspapers.

What you see as not neededWill return until you see that it needs to be.What you accept as neededNeeds not to remain unless you enjoy it to be.

Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't.

Diet Coke is the only way I get through filming because I get so tired.

Like children all over the world, by the age of 10 I'd come to believe that most of the really humane creatures were not really human at all.

A lot of people who get into any art form have some form of mental..something in their head which is unstable

Positively dealing with the unexpected by looking for solutions, not excuses, is the choice you need to make.

First you have to teach a child to talk, then you have to teach it to be quiet.