I felt that that experience, because of the responsible nature that I found I acted all during that traumatic time, that I felt that I was a man.

I'd say to anyone trying to break into the business: Don't just be interested in movies. Be interested in life. Be a person. Be in touch.

We, as film-makers, are privileged. We can make people cry or laugh. We can make them think and feel. It is a great privilege and a great responsibility.

There is a very particular feeling I get when I have the camera in my hand, looking at an actor talk, knowing that what I’m shooting will end up on the screen.

I've been in wars and in riots and hung out of many helicopters in the early days. And there's a detachment that happens when you look through the camera. You're looking for the shot.

Most people, I believe, when they're asked profound questions about their own persona are not really able to enunciate it, because it's a combination of so many things.

I am part of a system which encourages people to buy things and do things which are not to their best interest.

My mother let me know that we're all connected. If some of us become more affluent it's not because we're better or even smarter people - we have a responsibility to ourselves to be a good boy.

Not one Wall Street executive has been charged with crimes since the 2008 financial crash.

From my image of digging around in the mud like a grunt, I preferred fighting the war from ships.

If you're making commercials which sell products which are unhealthy or which are unnecessary, I think that you are part of a system.

Where death follows, there’s life. When darkness surrounds you in a world of chaos, search and you’ll eventually find the light.

Some doors are open, but we are still searching for the right keys.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool

I try to emulate his approach of really get the most out of people by allowing them to experiment and certainly allowing people to make mistakes.

Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a word game.

When God thought of mother, He must have laughed with satisfaction, and framed it quickly - so rich, so deep, so divine, so full of soul, power, and beauty, was the conception.

I always feel vulnerable talking about the poetry aspect of my career because it's little diary entries that I need to sometimes close read, and to reveal that much, it's a bit nerve-racking.

By all means, avoid words—threats, complaints, justification, narratives, reframing, attempts to win arguments, supplications; avoid words!

The most important thing is to have a more open and honest dialogue about gender issues.

The shortest road to ruin is to emulate the methods of your adversary.