Mara Casey gave me my first job. I saw something online, and it was for a part in a "Gilmore Girls" episode, and I thought I was right for it.

I've always laughed at the term "female director" or even "black director." A director's a director.

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

My sister is an ER doctor and my brother is a teacher.

All you 'Twilight' fans, can't thank you really enough for being so supportive. You're real cool people.

I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.

Nothing I do is salacious or provocative or shocking for the sake of that.

My sister is an ER doctor, and my brother is a teacher.

Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

I'm constantly questioning the effects technology has had on our lives and the effect that monetary debt has had on all of us. We keep this as a dark little secret: 'This is how much interest I owe.'

The miracle is that the brilliance of the miraculous can live in the blandness of the mundane. The greater miracle is that we have enough brilliance in our own blandness to see it.

My Favourite hobby is to sit still and convert oxygen into Carbon Dioxide. Love to Live.

Unfortunately, preachers who distort God's Word are all too common today. Sometimes this springs from a sincere desire to soften hard hearts, but hearts aren't changed by compromise.

The Navy is much more than a job; much more than service to country. It is a way of life. It gets in your blood.

Trust is the essence of Leadership.

When you want to change things, you can't please everyone. If you do please everyone, you aren't making enough progress.

You might also see that some of my playlists are simply two songs on repeat fifteen times, like I’m a psycho getting pumped up to murder the president.

There's something about us using the word fascism and thinking about, "What is it? What does it mean, and what are the tenets of it?".

The more precious His gift, the more anxious God for its return.

If love eats the donut, does time eat the hole?