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" I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films. "

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" I tend to have a kind of tunnel vision when I'm looking at an individual piece. "

" I have this embedded faith in the process through which films of a certain type get discovered on longer timelines. "

" I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up. "

" All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's fun because it's hard. "

" I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever. "

" When you're working on a creative thing, everyone has an idea, and they're pushing it. The first time you work with anybody, you have to get comfortable with the way another person pushes hard for what they want. "

" People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest. "

" People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies. "

" I'm a New Yorker, you know. "

" The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better. "

" Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity. "

" I don't flatter myself - I'm not a scientist, I'm not a conservation expert. "

" You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with. "

" Well, I don't feel that I've played so many bad guys, and I'm rot really drawn to villains per se. I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles. "

" I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any realm and soak it up. I enjoy that free pass. "

" The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made. "

" Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people. "

" I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government. "

" I think a lot of people in their average day actually imagine two sides of a conversation at one point or another. I think that the mental trick of holding two sides of a conversation in your head is actually something that we all do. "

" Identical twins are endemically alike in many ways. "

" My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s. "

" I read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another. "

" I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through. "

" Instead of telling the world what you're eating for breakfast, you can use social networking to do something that's meaningful. "

" I get heartbroken flying into L.A. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was when it was all wheat fields? Can you imagine what John Steinbeck saw? "

" I grew up on the golden age of children's TV. "

" I like things that aren't superficially one thing or another. "

" Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced. "

" You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. "

" I don't get much out of doing a red carpet. "