You really are never playing an opponent. You are playing yourself.
I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.
You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward.
Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities. . . much more so than music or language.
There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors. . . it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.
Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.
My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.
I don't want to be pitted as a person who is anti-Latino or anti-Hispanic because I believe in the laws.
If I had to give you one piece of advice, it would be this: don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do. Seek out people who aren’t afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, do make mistakes. Because of that, their work often isn’t recognized, but they are precisely the kind of people who change the world and, after many mistakes, do something that will transform their own community completely.
If people are being upstanding citizens of the Republic, then you have to widen the net to incarcerate them. This explains why America's prisons are full of nonviolent offenders - a perfect example of American exceptionalism.
For some of us, good books and beautiful writing are our ultimate solace, even more comforting than exquisite food.