I was lucky enough to come in at the beginning of the independent film movement, and it's really shaped my life and my career.

Loving someone is giving them the power to break your heart, but trusting them not to.

Air pollution is terrible for our children. Every single scientist, every single doctor will tell you the same thing: Air pollution damages our children’s brains, their hearts, and their lungs.

I think imperfections are important, just as mistakes are important. You only get to be good by making mistakes, and you only get to be real by being imperfect.

Art is an expression of who we are, what we believe, and what we dream about.

We impose order and narrative on everything in order to understand it. Otherwise, there's nothing but chaos.

The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves.

If you're 50, you're never going to be 50 ever again, so enjoy being 50. If you sit through the year wishing you were younger, before you know it, it's going to be over, and you're going to be 51.

We have to work for a living, but it is your life, so make sure you find something that you enjoy doing and people that you enjoy doing it with. Then, hopefully, you'll have a happy life.

I've heard it said that winning an Oscar means you live five years longer. If that's true I want to thank the academy because my husband is younger than me.

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.

You’re not mending anything, remember, Sand? The hedge.” He paused and shook his head at himself. “And Perrotte’s away for a few minutes, and you’re talking to yourself again.

Shoot for the biggest and boldest impact possible.If you need a full corporate makeover—do it. Moderation is just not going to cut it.

The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.

I don't see any point in playing the game if you don't win, do you?

I think that being part of privilege and never having to work a day in your life is so boring. I'm so glad of what I've achieved. I'm so glad I've achieved it as well.

If Mozart had power tools, there's no telling how great his music might have been.

One thing leads to another? Not always. Sometimes one thing leads to the same thing. Ask an addict.

When you're a kid it's people's cruelty that makes you cry, then when you're an adult it's their kindness.

Don't block your blessings. Don't let doubt stop you from getting where you want to be.

It's more fun to hang out with someone who's upbeat and positive than it is to hang out with Hater McWhineypants.