I've always wanted to do non-comedies, I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.

A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.

Do or do not. There is no try. Only do.

Once you get a character, you lock it in your heart - it's there.

First impression is unfair, because a first impression of somebody is guarded, and you don't know the person.

In a stage play, you kill the leads and they come out for a bow - in a movie, they don't come out for a bow, they're dead.

I just want to work with talented people who are enjoyable to be with, and take big huge risks from high comedy to deep, dark, brooding drama, to thriller. I just want to go back and forth.

Impossible to see, the future is.

I've done TV for tons and tons of years, so I'm not crazy about doing more TV, but with films, all I want to do are different projects that aren't all the same.

I just want to do good work. That's all I want to do. I don't have big aspirations like being the President of the United States, I just want to do good work. That's all.

Our job as directors is to entertain an audience, it's not just to do it for the director. You might as well sit in a white room and look at the movie for the rest of your life - it's ridiculous.

Always think in terms of solutions. Focusing on the problems usually gives us more of them.

I hear preached in our charismatic churches, which basically borders on sowing and reaping, giving and receiving. I thought there must be a different format to that message

If you are walking with Jesus, in the Spirit, you need not fear going too far. No believer has gone as far as God wants him to go

I've never been able to sleep very much, even when I was a kid. I used to hate being forced to lay in bed in the darkness, and just shifting in bed and staring at the shadows.

Photoshop came out of painting, and now it's going back to painting.

Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it my way, change your mind."

I'm thankful for the sea breeze that feels so good right now, and the scent of jasmine when the sun starts going down.

You don't need to waste money on a fancy program or app to do a basic budget. I've been using a simple Excel spreadsheet since 2005 to track my monthly budget.

We are all called to be great saints, don't miss the opportunity.