I remember when I was a kid looking at different types of film and really examining the grains of them. I remember even looking at the ink streaks.

I think in some ways you learn more from the things you don't like than the things you do.

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.

It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

I think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me.

I'm not really equipped to do anything else but making movies. In every other aspect of my life I'm a total failure.

I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment.

I saw the main character played by Mads Mikkelsen, and he's amazing. Hannibal had that going for it.

I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well.

Right now is a very interesting time because of the digital cameras, and the fact that you can edit anywhere. It's a great time to be a filmmaker, is a great time to be starting off.

Truth is a Person

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.

The law: it has honored us; may we honor it.

The problem isn't that we have bodies; the problem is that we're not living in them.

I was born where there were no enclosures.

Raw is a good place for an artist. It's where the truth comes out.

Death, however long expected, is sudden at the last.

Leadership must first and foremost meet the needs of others.

I guess everybody's different, but I know that everybody's natural instinct is to remember the bad stuff more than the good stuff.

Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis seventeen times in a row.