My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Loving leaders allow for individuality in style and expression.

I don't know what humor is.

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha.

I now feel that I have a moral duty to course correct and say wait a minute, it's not just for adults.

Even if I'm playing a bad guy, I work hard to make him multi-leveled and interesting.

I always do my draft in long hand because even the ink is part of the flow.

Up until the time I was 14 years old, I was sure that I was going to be a big-league baseball player. But that dream came to a rude awakening when I got cut from my high school baseball team.

In the industry, I got a lot of attention for Mad Men, because everyone in the industry watches it.

Peeta bakes. I hunt. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out.