The realization of our true substance and potential is the purpose of creation.
I'd be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I've made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.
Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary is trying to be about for me, finding balance, where the beauty that is attainable in the creative arts can be matched with the scratchy roughness of regular life.
You don't need other people to affirm that you're a valuable person.
The truth is that the more you get paid, the less freedom you have. They never pay you for nothing.
I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It's just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you're gonna be all right.
The older I get, the more obvious it is that you're not really in control of your life, you're a part of a larger wave, no matter who you are.
We did some massive flirting in front of the nation, but there was never anything more than that.
The only game [Vladimir] Putin can play is to establish a lifelong dictatorship in the country, at first de facto and finally also de jure. In this case, [Dmitri] Medvedev is an interim figure bound to assist Putin in his plan to guarantee a smooth transition to a new term in office.
In the thirty years of my career I learned everything about success, but I did not learn, really, about failure. In Bar Rescue I got exposed to failure at a very deep level.
Instead of imagining all the things we can accomplish, we ask God to do what only he can accomplish. Yes, we work, we plan, we organize, and we create, but we do it all while we fast, while we pray, and while we constantly confess our need for the provision of God.