Dialogue that's distinctive, funny, peculiar, and specific is the main thing that makes me want to get involved with a film to begin with.

It makes it difficult to decide which to go see, since no film about say, some tragic genocide in Africa is going to get a bad review even if it's poorly made.

Because I found myself telling the story of his family to people without the visual aids that I was able to employ by filming them eventually. But I very much knew exactly what I was going to do.

Certain types of films will never test well. My films never seem to test well.

I try to make the set as relaxed and fun and stress-free as humanly possible, while still having control over things. It's usually tension that hurts a performance or makes it seem self-conscious.

I never saw a department store Santa as a kid. My mother was afraid to take me.

Saying that all documentaries are the same is like saying all foreign films are the same.

I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills.

The last Christmas movie I really liked was 'It's a Wonderful Life, ' probably. It's sort of a schmaltzy movie, but it's not without its dark moments. It still gets to me every year.

I know sometimes I can come off like a lonely spinster in a tower. That's not me at all.

A perfect example of the power of prayer is when a blizzard closes the schools on the day of a big exam.

Because our gifts carry us out into the world and make us participants in life, the uncovering of them is one of the most important tasks confronting any one of us.

I've goofed, and there's been something interesting, but I haven't made use of it. It just doesn't interest me.

My skin is more beautiful than yours. I would be quite more popular in jail if I so chose.

Our men must win or die. Pompey's men have... other options.

'Hunger' definitely changed my life, in terms of being recognized by filmmakers, since that was very much a filmmakers' film.

If you have a sick or lonely person at home, be there. Maybe just to hold a hand, maybe just to give a smile, that is the greatest, the most beautiful work.

Whether or not our prayer is heard depends not on the number of our words, but on the fervor of our souls.

Sometimes becoming drug free has less to do with addiction and more to do with sanity.