I didn't really have the entire high school experience. I've been working since I was six years old, so I didn't go to the classic high school.

If we replaced guns with guitars, then the world would be a concert

Everyone is a little bit more close-knit and you rely on people a little bit more. The bigger the budget gets, the more everyone toes the line in their department.

I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.

Making a movie is like getting married. You're like, "Am I going to marry this project? Am I ready for that kind of commitment?"

I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.

Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that, on 'Fading of the Cries.'

Whenever I'm doing any film, I'm always just happy to have a job and I always just put 110% of myself into it.

They tried to believe in their classmates. They must have believed that if we could all get together, then we might end up being saved. We should commend them for that. We couldn't do that.

A book is a sacred gift.

When the last female dies, the gateway to the earth closes to man.

Hatred of Judaism is at bottom hatred of Christianity.

We make such terrible mistakes with visual choices about beauty.

I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world.

I can act... I do a little writing as well. And I'm good at typing. I'm a creative typist, actually.

I think it's really important to follow your intuition and gut, and try not to do things just for the sake of pleasing other people.

I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.

[My mother] called [my voice] the gift.