You would think, in an ideal world, that if you were in a really good film and did a really good job, whether it was a big film or not, you would get hired a lot; but that is not my experience.

Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite.

But there's a difference between having artistic interests and being psychotic. That's more than a fine line of differentiation, and I do see that a bit too much.

Eccentric doesn't bother me. 'Eccentric' being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn't follow the lines - that's okay.

My cat can eat a whole watermelon.

A geek by definition is somebody who eats live animals. I?ve never eaten live animals.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

As soon as anybody puts anything on film, it automatically has a point of view, and it's somebody else's point of view, and it's impossible for it to be yours.

Ireland's just a place...people go there all the time.

In the past, I've never tried to discount or stop what people are saying because on some levels I find it interesting.

A good thing to live by is to go after what truly interests you.

Your true potential in life will always be greater than your positive imagination.

You can spend your life judging people or, you can spend it making friends. Take your pick.

Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man's survival.

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

Dogs bark and the caravan goes by.

Habit keeps my life going, with occasional pushes from desire.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

Meditation is the way to individuality. It makes you a light unto yourself.

It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.