Don't take life too seriously.
The hard thing is getting people to come to the theater to see something, no matter if it's good or not.
The biggest thing I’ve heard for the last four months is, ‘Thanks for ruining my childhood’.
The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.
I'm more of a science head, so I was like how would a guy use - if there were ghosts - technology to bring them back?
I really put my heart and soul into everything and I don't want a project that doesn't feel real to me or I don't get invested in. In order to drive a show for eight or 10 years or whatever the target for doing a show is, it really has to be a part of you. Because then I can come up with stories for seasons and seasons on end. I wish I had the ability to just like the idea and get people in and drive it that way through their enthusiasm. For me, it has to be a little more of a personal thing, even if it's not a completely personal story.
I always hated high-school shows and high-school movies, because they were always about the cool kids. It was always about dating and sex, and all the popular kids, and the good-looking kids. And the nerds were super-nerdy cartoons, with tape on their glasses. I never saw 'my people' portrayed accurately.
I don't like writing as an expert. I like writing as an amateur. I like writing as an idiot. It's much more fun to start in ignorance.
A desperation to escape a problem is the wrong way. A passion to understand it is the right way
Pay more attention to losing inches than losing pounds.
We share this planet, our home, with millions of species. Justice and sustainability both demand that we do not use more resources than we need.