I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.

I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.

I began to think that if you're a stutterer, it's about inhabiting silence, emptiness, and nothingness.

I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word "lavish" and everything being magnificent.

A lot of dramas get a bad name commercially because they are unremittingly bleak.

I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.

The irony of a director going to film festivals is you never get to see any of the films.

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.

Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense.

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.

A British villain never loses their sense of humour.

Everyone is trying to impress everyone else. to make themselves out to be smarter or more confident than they actually are.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

Hispanics still have the highest rate amongst teens with babies so at least the future housekeeping is secure.

Might as Well Laugh ...remember ...when ...Life ...made ...sense

And there are men behind bars who pray for the light and there are men in the suburbs who pray for the night.

Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share.

I get so lonely sometimes, I could put a box on my head and mail myself to a stranger.

It was becoming clear to me that I shouldn't bother to get too attached to anything. Turn your back and you lose it. Just like that.

Why do people carry guns? Protection, right? To protect me and myself. Whether it's home protection or street protection.

Music can measure how broad our horizons are. My mind wants to see to infinity.