With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.
I love being on set, because I've basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will.
I think I'll always want to write and direct. I'm interested in producing and helping other people tell stories. But I'm still in love with writing and directing.
I thought I'd use music to confront the problems that I faced, and it helped. I found a more healing mindset, and it did rejuvenate me.
I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.
That's what I care about is the people I work with and representing them and helping to make their music apparent for the rest of the world.
I'm very fond of classical music, especially Mozart. I find it relaxes me and helps me concentrate.
For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people.
My way to de-stress is either listening to music or talking to my sister, Kourtney. She's going to teach me how to meditate, and that should help a lot.
Listening to hard rock on the subway doesn't work for me, especially modern hard rock. Driving in L.A. helped me to understand the appeal of that music.
I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.
To wake up in the morning and just know what I'm going to wear, it helps me get out of the house faster.
I feel so privileged as a mom to be part of a significant organization like the March of Dimes that works hard to prevent prematurity and helps moms to have healthy babies.
Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies 482 times.
Jake Sully: I need your help. Neytiri: You should not be here. Neytiri: No! Go back!
Antonio Ricci: Your mother and her prayers can't help us.
What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.
It's very important for me to try to relax when I'm travelling, and playing my flute helps me to unwind.
I think because I am a proven rookie that it is going to help me in the long run.
Actors aren't stupid, mostly, and if there's a sensibility and an aesthetic that a director's going for, if you're aware of that too, you can do things to help that.
When people say negative things or speculate, you can't help but feel hurt.
