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" I remember as a kid having the offer of a scholarship, that it was going to be like going to Mars, and deciding to stay in my public school. "

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

" The period western doesn't have a lot to say to most people today. "

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

" I just love movies. "

" You can't control everything that comes to you. "

" It's nice when someone knows their lines. "

" 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. "

" The people who work in the scientific field, they need help to convey what it's about. "

" It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing. "

" I don't have anything to prove to anybody, which is a lovely place to be. "

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

" I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more. "

" If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running. "

" I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what that's about so you can represent it. "

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

" I'm fascinated by the ways in which people express themselves, because their responses are often counter to what they're actually feeling. Like when they're frightened, they tend to freeze. When they're angry, it doesn't always come out as volume. There are wonderful contradictions in the way that people express their emotions. "

" I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility. "

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

" Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled. It's a business. If they don't see it, I can think they're wrong, but I'm not entitled to a $15 million budget to make a film. "

" It's a dream to be in a company of actors. "

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

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

" Young people know how to use these social networking tools, and they know how to use them effectively. "

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