Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.

Live like you're already dead, man. Have a good time. Do your best. Let it all come ripping right through you.

If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.

It's not enough just to treat women well. We have to work to make sure all men treat women well.

It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.

My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.

I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.

Everyone I meet is in my sangha. I don't know if that's the proper definition, but that's the way I'm going to hold it in my mind.

You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

Movies are like magic tricks.

What a paradox! People hate to be miserable but choose to be miserable. Remember this the next time misery arrives.

It's easy to grow old if you haven't grown up

I really love pets. They're like children. They know if you really love them or not. You can't fool them.

I know so much is going to happen here, but I just don't know how. It feels like Paris is full of so many adventures just waiting to be had.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

One of the great pleasures of working in Middle Earth is you get to be another being.

Both must make tangible, immediate steps toward this vision.

Hair, in fact, is probably the bane of most women's lives.

I'm not anorexic, bullimic, or any other “ic” you can think of.

Friction and misunderstandings often occur when communicating across generations. It gets even more challenging when working across virtual settings.