I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

I think a lot of us can relate to not choosing to face a painful memory, and something that's a painful past, and wanting to pretend like it never happened.

I approach directing from an actor's standpoint.

I love directing; it felt right to me when I did 'Flying Lessons'. It's something I will do again. Really, you can always be working and developing. That's something that's kind of ever constant.

CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.

I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.

As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go.

I've been an actor since I was a kid.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

Your future is bright. Just stop hanging around people who try to dim your light and you will climb up to a higher height! Don't give up on the fight! Stand up for your right! It's within your might!

You have not wept at all! I see a white cheek and a faded eye, but no trace of tears. I suppose then, your heart has been weeping blood?

...when your heart is broken, don't go silent - speak to God in his own language...

When I was young I used to have this nightmare about dying. I used to lie awake at night screaming. All my schoolfriends went to heaven or hell, and I was sent to Southend.

Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

I knew how many zeroes there were in a quintillion, but I thought that algebra lived in ponds.

What I am, I don't know. I am the simulacrum of myself.

You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that which you do not have.

In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim.

Begin with the possible: begin with one step. There is always a limit you cannot do more than you can do. If you try to do too much you will do nothing