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" I saw a headshot with the name 'Emilio Sheen' printed under it and it looked terrible. "

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" I'm a wonderful disaster. So are you. We're all a mess. We're in this culture that says take this pill and you'll be happy, go on this diet and you'll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more. "

" In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world. "

" All the crap that we've encumbered our lives with, it's really meaningless. "

" I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners and formality, the death of poetry and the death of a dream. "

" We're a very close family and we're a very real family, and I think every real family has real problems. "

" We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth. "

" What does it take to get you to the point where you have to kill your brother? It's biblical, it's huge. It's so personal. "

" Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don't have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I'm amazed it grows. "

" Americans are probably more in line than ever before. We're more moderate than we are liberal or conservative. "

" I probably grow half my food. It's a good way to keep perspective. "

" Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents. "

" You know, we're a tight family. I live right down the street from my folks. I talk to my mother every day. I'm a momma's boy. We all are. So there's no exclusion in this family. You're part of it. We embrace you and lift you up. "

" I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work. "

" You make a film and you don't know who it's going to appeal to. "

" In making certain things easier for people, technology has actually demotivated people from using their brains. We have all these devices that keep us connected, and yet we're more disconnected than ever before. Why is that? "

" Madrid is enjoyed most from the ground, exploring your way through its narrow streets that always lead to some intriguing park, market, tapas bar or street performer. Each night we'd leave our hotel to begin a new adventure in Madrid and nine out of 10 times, we'd walk through the Plaza Mayor. "

" There is a part of me that still wants to go out and grab a backpack and unplug - not take a cellphone or even a camera and just get out there and experience the world and travel. I have yet to do that, but someday I hope. "

" What I find interesting is that the people that follow your Twitters are called 'followers.' Talk about false idolatry, right? "

" We don't think about pilgrimage in this country. We don't think about meditation. The idea of taking a six-week walk is totally foreign to most Americans. But it's probably exactly what we need. "

" Spiritually, we're all on a path. I haven't declared of defined myself because as soon as you declare yourself you're identifying with a certain dogma. "

" You look at 1968 and it was truly the year that shook the world. The world was really completely upside down. "

" There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on your feet. You have to adhere to strict deadlines and budget constraints. "

" This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want. "

" Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure. "

" Writing is a lonely job unless you're a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach. "

" When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told the truth and third, he stood up for the little guy. "

" I still have the art projects my kids made for me 20 years ago. I cherish them, crude and silly as some of them may be. "

" We need to risk, we need to dare to risk and fail greatly because that's the only way we grow. "

" My mother missed having dinner with Lyndon Johnson because she couldn't find the right hat to wear. While my father went off to the white house to break bread with the President, my mother, who's not a things and stuff person, stayed at the hotel and tried on 10 different hats and missed dinner. "