I've thought a lot about success, because it's very strange to me that I've been successful.
I completely bombed the audition. . . I was insecure, stopping and starting. I went to the bathroom and cried.
Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.
With more money brings more fear and when you're trying to be creative in a fear-based environment it's dangerous. Then decisions are made out of fear, not what's best for the film.
I feel very fortunate to be currently in the position where I can choose to be an actor, writer, director, or all of them at the same time. With being a mom, I've recently had a priority shift that has sort of thrusted itself on my existence, but I tend to use all experiences as something to work with. Anything that is profoundly, energy shifting - like having a child - is fodder for creative thought.
I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like it so much. And I find it not acceptable.
It’s not cool. I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you’ve made a billion dollars, you’ve probably become uncool.
Without God, life has no purpose, and without purpose, life has no meaning. Without meaning, life has no significance or hope.
In this town [L. A], I guess it takes homosexuals to be discriminated against in order for someone to finally step UP and wanna do something.
Reading have got the good factor