I think auditions are set up for failure because they're not really the set experience. There's no time to develop the character. You're just looking….

You have to tease enough misinformation and lack of information to hopefully make people want more..

Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to work..

Sometimes the best set experiences make for the worst films. So, you don't want it to be too good an experience! But the bulk of your life is working….

It takes the wool from your eyes about how the world works, to show you that nothing's necessarily fair, and that you might have a hard life..

Collaboration sometimes causes conflict, and sometimes it's easy, but the bringing together of great minds only adds..

I have aspirations of making a big, historical epic. I don't know if I'll ever get the money to do it..

I think that one of the most exciting things about making films is the sort of reaching out to the world. It's as an ambassador. You realize the more….

The authenticity aspect is pretty important to me. When we have to compromise and do something that's not authentic, it really rubs me, every time I ….

When people start talking, things happen..

I've been wanting to make a movie about the war in Sierra Leone, specifically, for more than 15 years..

I want to be happy while I make movies and not just do things just to work. I want to do things I spend years on..

Everyone wants to be liked, so of course you want critical acclaim. After that, box office acclaim isn't bad. More than anything I think you have to ….

It's just nice to be able to communicate and be able to identify with a lot of different cultures. I have no idea what it would be like to be just on….

It's an important part of being a member of society to know what's happening in the world and to know where you fall in it and what you can do about ….

The apartments are made for eels..

In snowboarding, you're constantly aware that people are so technically brilliant at what they do, and you feel like, "Ugh, I'll never be able to do ….

Levity, you need levity to feel anything. You need to laugh before you cry. I think films that take themselves too seriously without any levity are m….

You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you..

I think it's a fascinating thing to see how lonely people are in this world and what they're looking for. It's a universal concept. So, it's somethin….

I'm the kind of person where you're never done, you just keep perfecting and perfecting and perfecting, or trying to fix things that drive you crazy.….