I think 'Dead Poets' was probably my favorite, just to get started with the idea of doing a movie that people treated as more than a movie.
don't be perfect, don't pretend to be perfect, just stay raw n think at the end of day what you do is right or wrong...
I didn't plan to act, but I'm glad I'm doing it - and I just want to keep getting better.
The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don't have any particular goal in sight.
I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again.
If you do a story about a British journalist rescuing a child from Sarajevo, then Sarajevo just becomes an exotic location, and the story's about this British journalist.
Poverty is an artificial, external imposition on a human being; it is not innate in a human being. And since it is external, it can be removed. It is just a question of doing it.
That's typically what writers do; we just sit around complaining most of the time. And the better things are going, the more they complain.
It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.
We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable.
For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.
I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.
I could have just received royalty checks every month by lending my name to a collection, but I didn't want to do that. My name is a reflection of me.
If you're not pushing your own technique to its own limits with the risk that it might just crumble at any moment, then you're not really doing your job.
I do not think that there is a reputable scientist on this planet who would advocate using this technology to generate a human child as was just announced.
The whole idea of equal justice under law means that you've got to play by the rules. It has nothing to do with the underlying subject matter. You just tell the truth.
For me, just being on the cover of a magazine wasn't enough. I began to think, what value is there in doing something in which you have no creative input?
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.
What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment, change life itself.
When things are good, you should be thanking God. I don't do enough of that. But if you get things, you should thank Him, not just take, take, take. He really listens.
I just live life. I grew up in a Christian family, but, you know, the way Mom brought me up is to, you know, do you, to always be yourself.
