I work under the assumption that, generally speaking, my taste and the taste of the Oscar voters are not one in the same.

I grew up in Vancouver, man. That's where more than half of my style comes from.

People don't usually wanna kill me for one of my movies until after they've paid 12 bucks for it.

It's not dying you need to be afraid of, it's never having lived in the first place.

Please don't wear skinny jeans if you don't have skinny genes.

Claiming that someone's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you're on a diet.

You want to create an environment where we're fostering ideas, not rejecting them.

I feel much more comfortable as a writer than an actor. I feel like I am a much better writer than I am an actor.

Most comedy comes out of misery.

I don't think all of my ideas are good. It's almost easier when people are critical of you because it helps with the quality control.

Even vegetables have feelings in our world.

A poem that is itself a name does not yearn for the name of its creator, but shines from its name alone.

Possibly I've become less funny as I've been happier.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

We all need somewhere where we feel safe

I've seen time and time again the way that the process of trying to say something dignifies and improves a person.

I was happier then. Or was that I? Or am I now I? Can't bring back time. Like holding water in your hand. Would you go back to then? Just beginning then. Would you?

I was 12 when I started and 34 before I achieved my dream, that should give people hope.

It took me a long time to realize this: We get to choose what defines us.

Those who will not dance will have to be shot