Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.
My time on the set is the least of my involvement. Most of my time is in pre-production and post-production.
Failure is a badge of honor. It means you risked failure. And if you don’t risk failure, you’re never going to do anything that’s different from what you’ve already done or what somebody else has done.
The world needs you. It doesn't need you at a party having read a book about how to appear smart at parties - these books exist, and they're tempting - but resist falling into that trap. The world needs you at the party starting real conversations, saying, 'I don't know,' and being kind.
You are what you love. Not what loves you.
When I found myself in that situation - that actors are like children, I tried to be successful. And when it worked and I figured out how to communicate that things were good - or at least okay - then I felt pleased.
I think that people have expectations of themselves and other people that are based on these fictions that are presented to them as the way human life and relationships could be, in some sort of weird, ideal world, but they never are. So you're constantly being shown this garbage and you can't get there.
If I'm having a bad day in rehearsal, I'll sleep with my script.
I imagine the world from my window. . . Traveling, I think it's a nightmare today. The airports and things the people in the street with the selfies. . . I like to stay at home and read.
It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.
I don't have any well-developed philosophy about journalism. Ultimately it is important in a society like this, so people can know about everything that goes wrong.