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.

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.

We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations. I think that's part of the human condition.

Magic can be found in stolen moments.

Unless we close our eyes we are always deceived.

What I've learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.

Schumann's 'Quintet in E flat for Piano and Strings' is one of the sublime moments in Romantic music.

Take on the pain and wear it as a shirt.

You can't run away from yourself

I know that my race must change.

Any time some well-meaning person forces you to demonstrate you have no talent and rubs your nose in the fact you're a failure at the only dream you ever had, take another drink.

What are you going to do?,' he asked me. Me? Nothing. Something has just been broken inside me; you yourself will never be able to repair it.

I don't talk people into the Kingdom, I listen them into it!