The foreign audiences are somewhat surprised and happy to find an American film that asks questions about American culture. There's a certain kind of….

When you listen to someone's songs, their soul comes through..

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable..

I think that we are all the heroes of our own story, and I think life comes in all shades of gray. Personally, I love movies that exist like this, wh….

I think one of the most difficult things about the lifestyle is that when it's winter, and there is no running water, you still have to go outside to….

The first idea of Captain Fantastic was a pretty radically different one. The genesis had to do with parenting and questions about parenthood and fat….

A lot of acting requires you to be a charming version of yourself..

Essentially, no one can control what other people think of the final outcome. Once it's done, the audience will like it or not, they may even think I….

Film is a pretty poor medium to deliver a message. I'm not trying to do that. I'm just trying to ask a lot of questions and hopefully you can draw yo….

I played guitar when I was a kid, a little bit. I can tool around with a guitar, but I'm certainly not a musician..

One of the things that's fun about that is that sometimes you grow up knowing about someone because they were famous, but you don't really know what ….

One of the fun things for me, about acting, is trying to transform. Transformational acting was the reason why I became an actor, in the first place..

I think being a good parent means that every day is a different challenge. It's about mindfulness and trying to be present. I think life goes really ….

Most people assume because I'm an actor that's all I know about and care about, I'm actually a camera geek and a film geek. I grew up making short fi….

When I'm directing, I really try not to be tied to anything. I don't even have the sides in my hands. I have other things - ideas that I want to make….

The real truth - like anything, you have an idea about something you might write and it changes. People reflect on it or you get other ideas and mayb….

When people talk about careers, I always feel like the connotation of a career is that you're actually choosing things..

If everyone thinks you're bizarre and creepy, then you play bad guys. If everyone thinks you're beautiful and wants to kiss you, then you play the le….

A lot of directors on a base level are fearful of actors and maybe even distrustful. I love the craft of acting and I love actors so I think they can….

The challenge and love, for me, of acting is if you get to transform or do something you haven't done before. That's fun..

I think my ultimate directorial style is 'play.' In reference to theater, it's called a play - I believe in that noun, and the verb that goes with it..