You dont necessarily have to be religious to pray.

I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

Wondering why you survived don't help you survive

The more my brain was fed, the hungrier it became.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them.

We saw a fair bit of video on them towards the back end of the week and we were licking our lips.

Perhaps this is what it means to go mad: to be emptied and to be aware of the emptiness.

I don't think there's much point in putting me a deep, dark, heavy, emotional film because there are people who do it so much better than I do.

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.

I'm a good Catholic boy.