It just so happened that J.C.[Chandor] was a first-time feature director, and his script was exactly the kind of thing we were looking for.

I would love to be a voice in this maelstrom of chaos and obsessive celebrity infatuation that says, 'Let's talk about something that matters'.

We are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.

We just have to have visibility. We have to have acknowledgement. We have to have accountability to how we treat one another.

I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.

It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.

Part of being a psychopath is an ability to dissociate from one reality and create another one, completely.

I listen to music a lot, if I need to get into a particular space. I do stretching and breathing, and take time to mostly be quiet and find the stillness. I think that's important.

I've had some pretty stimulating conversations about where we are politically as a result of this movie [Snowden], but then there are a lot of questions just about that sensationalism of it.

My desire to be valued is manifested in cultivating relationships with my friends and family.

If you were three times poor, I would still have paid attention to you and fell head over heels in love with you.

Ivy turned. 'He bit you on the neck?' she said, deadpan serious but for her eyes. 'Oh, then it's got to be love. She won't let me bite her neck.

Finding the reason to live doesn't put you on top, it's the hardships faced in process that get you there.

The question is no longer whether the United States should contribute to assuring Israel's survival and prosperity; that goes without saying.

Changeable women are more endurable that monotonous ones; they are sometimes murdered but never deserted.

I think all Americans should be hopeful, and try to be optimistic.

Ill tell you, Mr. Thomas, why some Christians are afraid of me. They're not sure that what they believe is really true. If they were sure, I wouldn't be a threat to them at all.

Life should be taken ironically; otherwise, it becomes a tragedy.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

I think I would want to make toys. Maybe it's that thing about trying to be a kid forever.