I enjoy a challenge or provocation, something to think about, to talk about after it's done.

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.

A 15-minute gap in your day is plenty of time to write and read, but not if you check your email first.

This is a photo as I would wish myself to look all the time. Then I would maybe have a chance to come to Hollywood.

I celebrate everyone's religious holidays. if it's good enough for the righteous, it's good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.

'I've got children', 'I've got wealth.' This is the way a fool brings suffering on himself. He does not even own himself, so how can he have children or wealth?

The film industry is like Anne Robinsonalways on the look-out for a new face

In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

Losing a game is not a big deal, except you've got to make sure that you move on and get the next one.

If life is misery, why do we endure it?

I don't think there are that many awesome roles out there, whether we're talking about movies or TV.