Most of the time, I don't watch classics with anybody. I have to be by myself. That's my classroom.

Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping.

You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't.

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

My biggest fear in life is to be average.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite.

There are scenes that were right on the edge, but I always try to err on non-indulgence. It's something that I'm very careful about, that I'm just leaning too hard into something.

Sometimes we do not do things that we wish to do, so others will not know that we wish to do them.

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.

Normalness leads to sadness.

You haven't really been anywhere until you've got back home.

Be real. I'm going up against three of the world's most vicious ubervillains. I have a very, very slim chance of survival. I have a better chance of winning the lottery, and I don't even play.

This city has two great teams – Liverpool and Liverpool reserves.

The purpose is not that you might get more of the Holy Spirit, but that the Holy Spirit might get more of you.

When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.

To allow the Russian activity to go unresponded to is not acceptable.

Oh - You're a very bad man!" Oh, no my dear. I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.

Incidentally, think about the ramifications of storing data on light waves that can be stopped and started at the speed of light.

Roman is my alter ego. He's mean. *He says the things I can't say.