We're so complex; we're mysteries to ourselves; we're difficult to each other. And then storytelling reminds us we're all the same.
That's the most important thing to me - that if I'm gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it's very important for me to know that I'm working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we're going for something together.
I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.
I always knew I was going somewhere - going out. I just knew. I just knew. I just knew there were a lot more points of view out there.
A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.
I had a very supportive family environment that gave me room to explore and discover things about myself.
What we're seeing now is that greed is still alive and kicking, and banks are bigger than ever.
We sometimes let ourselves be rated too much by others - we put so much emphasis on a paycheck or what a magazine says.
When I received my first paycheck from my now known day job, I spent it on a period Craftsman chair and a Frank Lloyd Wright-wannabe lamp. With my second paycheck, I bought a stereo.
I would love to work in a Bollywood film as there is so much drama and colour in the films there.
My life has been about big changes.
When I first got out to Hollywood, they were pushing me for sitcoms, and I didn't really have an interest in them. I wanted to do films and slowly worked that way. And then it became, I guess, this curse of the leading man.
In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging.
Religion works. I know there's comfort there, a crash pad. It's something to explain the world and tell you there is something bigger than you, and it is going to be alright in the end. It works because it's comforting.
I've worked with some really great directors, and I'm really choosy about them because they're telling the story at the end of the day.
I grew up on particular movies that said something to me as a kid from Missouri, movies that showed me places I'd yet traveled, or different cultures, or explained something, or said something in a better way than I could ever say. I wanted to find the movies like that. It was less about a career than finding the films I wanted to see.
I'm 48 now and whatever I get music-wise, I get from my kids and that's it. I don't think I'll ever be hip again!
Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me.
Happiness is overrated. There has to be conflict in life.
My affliction has been... I can make something or draw something or design something better than I can explain it.
It might be a very human thing across the board, but we, in America, love a story - we need a story to get involved in. But then everything becomes more about how the story protects a certain perception as we pick sides.
The latitude and longitudinal lines of where you are born determine your opportunity in life, and it's not equal. We may have been created equal, but we're not born equal. It's a lot to do with luck and you have to pass that on.
You can't be different for different's sake, and this doesn't always work, but you have to separate yourself from the normal read. Of course, it has to be truthful. If it's not truthful, don't waste your time.
