We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations. I think that's part of the human condition.

Cat lovers turn into cat collectors.

When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

She is such a scene-stealer. She's got these lashes and big eyes, and when she walks on to the set everybody just says "ooh."

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

If you're working on a movie, you want it to be projected on the largest tapestry possible, and the sound to be perfect, and for that kind of communal experience of the movies to take place for it.

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.

He put his hand on my thigh. "No worries, I got you now babe.

I am enjoying my life because things aren't going the way I planned.

In the village, a sage should go about Like a bee, which, not harmingFlower, colour or scent, Flies off with the nectar.

I see a lot of people use the Paleo diet as an excuse to eat bacon for every meal. That's a bit much.

I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.

People get way too much credit at funerals.

The king is gone but he's not forgotten

Truth is always duller than fiction.

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

And that's the way it is.