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" The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If I'm afraid of it, then I want to do it. "

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" I think sometimes big budget means explosions! CGI! CGI, the possibilities are so limitless that it begins to be impractical. "

" We put limitations on the way that we think about things, on ourselves, think about all the boxes we live in, male or female, you're this age, that age, this is your job, this is not your job, everything is about getting boxed in. "

" I think there is a general unrest or curiosity about what a human future is going to be like, and whether the way we're living is even sustainable. "

" A lot of people think, 'I'll give acting or poetry or filmmaking a try. And if it doesn't work out I'll go get a law degree, do something else that's more practical.' For me I went the reverse way. I lived the back-up plan. "

" We're always just telling stories, and stories are always just approximations of the truth. It's never the truth exactly. "

" I'd studied theater growing up and loved that, but didn't have many examples of artists around me. "

" I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also just go out and live life and have experiences. "

" I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect. "

" A whole film is just about arriving at a moment where you hopefully transfer some feeling to the audience. "

" Then in college, besides economics, I also majored in studio art and got involved in photography and making short films and acting. But I didn't know you could make a living that way. "

" I think we're scared of intimacy - all of us, a little bit. "

" You are the sum total of the choices you make every day. "

" I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics. "

" Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic. "

" I've found myself at one in the morning just sitting at my desk spending an hour returning emails from the day until like two in the morning. It's ridiculous, I should be sleeping, or dreaming, or reading a novel. "

" One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book. "

" Life is beautiful because it doesn't last. "

Life Is Beautiful

" I think I realized very early on that you can spend a lot of time constructing a really perfect scene in final draft and just end up throwing it away because you didn't figure out that mathematics of the story first. "

" I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything. "

" You know, I can't imagine 9 to 5 writing. That takes some stamina. "

" I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open them. I don't have birthday parties, because the idea of a group of people singing and looking at me while I'm blowing out candles gives me hives. "

" If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity. "