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I'm magically delicious.
Time is what creates trust.
A good movie humanizes people.
I have had so many bad auditions.
In truth, the world is a complicated place.
Directing is like putting together a collage.
I kill flies, I eat meat, you know, whatever.
Happiness is in the doing not in getting what you want.
Time is so much a part of what makes you close to people.
My favorite stories are human, so I'm always looking for...
Give your heart to everybody you meet. The rest is pretense.
In your mid-twenties, the paint is still wet on who you are.
I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.
When an analogy is really singing, it's what you want it to be.
Sometimes people save the best part of themselves for their art.
If you don't give inspiration an opportunity, it will never arrive.
You don't need other people to affirm that you're a valuable person.
If I do three movies in a year, I don't feel like acting ever again.
There's something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious.
It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.
If you don't risk doing something foolish, you'll never do anything special.
The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.
Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.
It's so hard for every young person, trying to figure out the adult you want to be.
I'm always trying to look for how I can find human stories that aren't just dramas.
Set designers, costume designers, actors, writers, music, that's what is beautiful.
Sometimes people, their creative drive comes from an energy to try to heal themselves.
It's difficult to make any kind of action movie that might be unique or worth watching.
Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.
Everything is so finite but that’s what makes our time and specific moments so important.
The more kind of head trippy sci-fi. I always like that. I was a big 'Twilight Zone' freak.
And the joy of my job - and it's really true - is that it's constantly evolving and changing.
You can't keep wanting to be 20 years old. Everybody knows that, but what's in the next room?
But the truth is, I've never wanted to be a movie star - and I've been pretty clear about that.
Your development as a person should coincide with your development in all aspects of your life.
The truth is that the more you get paid, the less freedom you have. They never pay you for nothing.
All that stuff with the tabloids is a kind of luxury tax I pay for all the good things I do in my life.
It's always a unique challenge when you're working with somebody where English is their second language.
You need to be a good screen partner. It's very meaningful to me to be a part of great acting performances.
I think having nature be a part of people's lives helps all of us see ourselves as part of something larger.
The theater, for me, has always been a place where I'm free to be more creative, a place to sharpen my tools.
One of the hardest things about my job is that there kind of is no one rulebook that applies to all situations.
I feel like everyone I meet is an imaginary friend. I don't know. The older I get the more I wonder what's real.
My process differs... my process for a Richard Linklater film is very different than a process for Training Day.
We all have this fantasy of finding our one true love who's going to be the perfect fit. It's just not a reality.
When I woke up I was naked. I have this one oddball idiosyncrasy: Sometimes in my sleep I take off all my clothes.
I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.
The only thing I can point to of why I survived is I have a family that loves me and never wanted any money from me.
One of the things that's really lousy about making movies is that you have such little interaction with your audience.
I'd be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I've made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.