Whenever I'm doing any film, I'm always just happy to have a job and I always just put 110% of myself into it.

If we replaced guns with guitars, then the world would be a concert

Everyone is a little bit more close-knit and you rely on people a little bit more. The bigger the budget gets, the more everyone toes the line in their department.

I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.

Making a movie is like getting married. You're like, "Am I going to marry this project? Am I ready for that kind of commitment?"

I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.

Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that, on 'Fading of the Cries.'

I didn't really have the entire high school experience. I've been working since I was six years old, so I didn't go to the classic high school.

That's a very real feeling - that I don't have a story to tell. I'm not a pure storyteller. I have a tough time with story.

God has a way of working on His own timetable. And it usually is a lot different from ours.

Well, it's always strange to kiss someone with 10, 20, 40 people around.

After love, the most sacred gift you can give is your labor.

Death in itself is nothing; but we fear to be we know not what, we know not where.

He dances well to whom Fortune pipes.

The most difficult instrument to play in the orchestra is second fiddle.

How grimy did God get when He reached down to clean you up? How grimy are you willing to get in order to be an 'imitator of God'?

A lot of things I don't do well; I don't do warm and fuzzy well.

Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.