I keep wondering if everybody on the political left had someone who they were separated at birth from.

I get very close to people when I'm shooting them.

I've taken it from feminist friends, and I've taken it from lefty friends too. But that reassures me. If the right is attacking us and the left is attacking us, that's exactly where we want to be.

I worry that people will think that I have done what I've done just because I have access and resources. I hope people will know that I'm just as scared and lonely as anyone else!

When you worship an idol, you're substituting a thing for the ultimate.

You can't worship the image or the Crucifix itself. You have to worship God.

A society that feels life is the most precious thing [jars against] a society that prefers death over theft, over loss of pride, over inconvenience, and so much else.

You probably couldn't have found much daylight between the NRA and the Disney company. They probably would've had had identical demographics for the people who really loved those companies.

But everything I have to give, I'll give to you

In fame's temple there is always a niche to be found for rich dunces importunate scoundrels or successful butchers of the human race.

Pity is like eating mustard without beef.

The reason why the Son of God took upon him our nature was, the fall of our first parents.

I still haven't gotten that little something out of my system that I'm still not a kid going to a football game. I'm excited.

It's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go.

Plastic shoes are to the shoe world what fast food is to fine cuisine.

I love to compete. That's the essence of who I am.

Guys don't like girls that throw themselves at them. That's something that I've learned.

You can get into a comfort zone writing lyrics, like wearing a mask. But I wanted to feel uncomfortable when I was listening back to the lyrics; I wanted to squirm.