You can’t have wasted a life you’ve barely lived..

Say something worth the words..

To be alone is to be free, and freedom was the only happiness accessible to my nature..

I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth..

Do what is absolutely you and nobody else..

I'm not in any sense anti-Facebook..

When I hit one over, I knew I was good..

We don't really make friends, they make us..

There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts..

I don't belong to anyone..

I fear for the democratic system. And I fear for our liberties. Only a small group of people fights for our liberties. Once we start on the slippery ….

For me, most comedy scripts fail in the mechanical playing-out of the setup. They'll pay lip service to a moral lesson or a psychological progression..

Nothing good comes out of depression..

I observe a lot. I see a lot around me..

When you can't see yourself objectively, you won't see anyone else objectively, either..

Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in the edit, it can be something….

Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them..

The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do..

I do consider myself as being French, I suppose..

There are no great scripts - just great films..

I'm not cutthroat. I'm Midwestern..