The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance.
Happiness is the true beauty weapon.
When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy. '
Every time you enter into a job it's a whole new universe. There's a new language with a new power structure. If you are in an all Black cast its a different dynamic, the same with an all male cast or a crew that is mainly women.
I think it's very hard to be naked in a scene and not be upstaged by your nipples.
Somebody can be the captain of the ship, which allows you to make big mistakes.
I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.
It's hard, really, to make any physical movement that hasn't been done in another film. If you grab someone's hand, it doesn't mean you're referencing other films with grabbing hands.
[Photography] underlines the photographer. That's the Barthesian this has been. Well, this has been for the photographer as well. The photographer is the hidden placeholder in the Barthesian equation.
Big budgets don't necessarily give you big films.
No, we don't sit around in dark corners and plan strategies on how we're going to slant the news. We don't have to. It comes naturally to most reporters.