I believe my signal of maturity as a filmmaker iswhen I'll actually acknowledge the fact that the first take is usuallythe best.
Fate is the magnetic pull of our souls toward the people, places, and things we belong with.
I was having an epiphany. A moment of supreme clarity, leading to what I dubbed a “realization of solitude” that goes like this: I’m lonely. But when I left that girl in the window I was sure I’d never felt more godforsaken in my life. There’s a big difference between being alone and being lonely. And I’m guessing that once you’ve discovered this distinction you can’t go back to solitary confinement without serious emotional repercussions.
I would have remembered the good stuff. Nobody ever remembers the good stuff.
He was waiting for something from me. Acknowledgement. Validation. Commiseration, perhaps. I couldn’t even look at him because I was afraid of feeling any more than I already did.
I was looking for someplace to store all the things I was feeling - the friction, the contradictions, the unmerciful truth - but my heart, my soul, my eyes and ears and even my toes were locking their doors. They wouldn't let me in. For safety reasons. I had no choice but to throw the feelings away.
Dreams can change histories and songs can alter destinies.
I'm a control freak except that I'm a good team player. So I obsess about the details of things but I also trust the team.
We all want somebody to come in and save the day and change our lives for the better.
I'll never look down on and I love running into actors who say 'Oh yeah, I did a soap. ' I say 'Tell me which one!' It's like being a member of a secret society.
Life, like a child, laughs, shaking its rattle of death as it runs.