I love directing; it felt right to me when I did 'Flying Lessons'. It's something I will do again. Really, you can always be working and developing. That's something that's kind of ever constant.

I think a lot of us can relate to not choosing to face a painful memory, and something that's a painful past, and wanting to pretend like it never happened.

I approach directing from an actor's standpoint.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.

I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.

As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go.

I've been an actor since I was a kid.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

We become the product of our recurrent thoughts. Writing is one method of explicating upon our thoughts, condensing multiple scenes, times, and ideas, and editing our fragmented beliefs.

Sometimes imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.

Googling me, you talk about being depressed. First of all there's 18 websites that predict my early death.

No matter how deep the issue is and no matter how long you have struggled with it, the possibility exists for you to become absolutely free, whole, and healed.

Life is a horse: either you ride it or it rides you.

Goodbyes are sad, no matter what the promise of tomorrow is.

Death is death. Whether you die smiling or with tears in your eyes, it amounts to the same thing. A whole heap of nothing

Good relations with Egypt are extremely important to us. Egypt is our neighbor and the largest Arab country. The people in all Muslim countries are on our side.

If you went to see me today, you might not like my music.

You would never know if you could ever be, If you never try, you would never see.