In narrative films, you set up reality, so you can limit the variables. You don't have that luxury with docs.

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing

You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.

I don't like putting people on a pedestal, I think ideas are more exciting

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it.

I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz, but the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.

You can’t conceive, my child, nor can I or anyone the … appalling … strangeness of the mercy of God.

Self-awareness mind helps you build on your strengths and improve on your weaknesses.

I thought maybe a day was coming when I'd stop constantly worrying about how to live. Maybe at some point I'd just start living, no questions asked.

the skies frighten you when they fill up with dragons, but you know they’re being chased by dreams!

When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most.

Humility simply means that you do a great job at everything and it isn't really a big deal.

Don't aim to plant churches. Aim to plant a church that will plant many other churches.

If a cricketer suddenly decided to go into a school and batter a lot of people to death with a cricket bat, are you going to ban cricket bats?

The surgeon knows all the parts of the brain but he does not know his patient's dreams.