The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen.
I've inherited a kind of... willfulness, a kind of quiet willfulness that I'll just hang in there with something until it happens.
My parents were obsessed with us being normal kids, so I never knew movie stars. They didn't want us to be Hollywood brats.
Empathy goes a long way, for sure. We cannot have healthy, loving, mutually respectful relationships without it. But we're not psychic. At least I'm not. And intuition can only take you so far, especially when a person's sense of safety, comfort, and self-worth hangs in the balance.
I've played several real characters, and I've always found it very difficult because you don't want to do an impersonation.
We all have to stand up and fight alongside American women to make sure that they have the freedom to control their own futures.
Every day should be #GivingTuesday when it comes to surviving natural catastrophes and man-made disasters.
I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?
Our age-old faith in divine male intuition is no longer good enough. Reality check, fellas: We are not gods. We are men. Let's own it.
I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.
We're raised to believe that asking for help - that not having all the answers - is a sign of weakness, somehow challenging our manhood.