I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.

I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.

It's sort of a meat market, the whole awards thing, and I don't think you can predict it anymore - who's going to like what you've done, if it's worthy or not. And hopefully, that's not why you make a film, because if you're distracted by that, or only striving for that, you don't do it justice.

If you're very open to watching the world go by, with people's different tics, you absorb it all without realizing it and find ways to put something into your character. I'm not sure I'm always aware I'm mimicking someone.

Only where there is sentient life can there be feelings of pleasure and pain, sorrow or joy.

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there.