Please tell me you did not bring me out here so you could tell me a very boring story about your sister.
Don [ Handfield] was actually one of the first guys I met in town back in '94. He was an actor and a writer and all this stuff.
People find themselves in ruts all the time. You're in a complacent lifestyle where you work 9 to 5 and then you add a mortgage and kids. You feel trapped, but guess what, brother? You constructed that life. If you're OK with it, there's nothing wrong with that. But if you've got unease, then you've got to make a change.
The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified.
Grab love of life every day. Because we're all gonna die. It's difficult to live that way. Most people are afraid to. Or can't. I find it very difficult.
Our friendship [ with Don Handfield] has remained all that time, and I'm godfather to his kids, but then when The Hurt Locker came around, I just knew there was a lot of opportunity that was coming in, and just couldn't really manifest any opportunities because things were busy.
I want my personal life to be personal. . . And I don't care if you're talking about things that are true, you're still talking about my personal life.
The irony of the process of thought control: the more energy you put into trying to control your ideas and what you think about, the more your ideas end up controlling you.
I always try to think before I talk.
And of course, identifying all human genes and proteins will have great medical significance.
One of the saddest things about US education is that the wisdom of our most successful teachers is lost to the profession when they retire.