Good scripts and interesting stories are hard enough to find.

Cat lovers turn into cat collectors.

When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

She is such a scene-stealer. She's got these lashes and big eyes, and when she walks on to the set everybody just says "ooh."

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

If you're working on a movie, you want it to be projected on the largest tapestry possible, and the sound to be perfect, and for that kind of communal experience of the movies to take place for it.

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.

You would be surprise with how much you could achieve in life, if you are willing to try, fail, learn from your failure, and try again and again until you succeed.

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up - 'cause they're looking for ideas.

They have equal weight and you do the same work you'd do if you were playing a dramatic role.

People didn't put pressure on me. I just played for the love of the game.

Oh, you wanna do a little bit of roleplay? Could you just play dead?

Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, a day's march nearer home.

When a man loves a woman, periodically he needs to pull away before he can get closer.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

Even our smallest attempts are not in vain. We know that nothing is lost.

I'll invest my money in people.