Quotes about "Contemporary Issues"

We lack social awareness because we're so focused on what we're going to say next - and how what other people are saying affects us - that we completely lose sight of other people. This is a problem because people are complicated. You can't hope to understand someone until you focus all of your attention in his or her direction. ”

We need to establish boundaries between our personal and professional lives. When we don't, our work, our health, and our personal lives suffer. ”

When you have a movie that has big stars in it... like, Will Smith does a great job in 'I Am Legend,' and it's a magnetic performance, but he's always Will Smith. That's not his fault. That's not anyone's fault. He's the center of it, and he's a movie star. But when you see something like 'Jurassic Park,' Sam Neill is Alan Grant. ”

I would definitely, definitely love to do more comic work. I think, creatively, there's something that's differently rewarding about it than the rewards of filmmaking. ”

I feel like, as an industry, we've gotten too dependent on source material originated in other mediums. ”

DJ Sliink is amazing, and his production is on the next level. There are a lot of EDM producers that I'd like to work with, not for the sake of having an engineered record, but for the fact that I love their production and music. ”

One thing I learned particularly at Yale was how to work with others. Having studied so long trying to master myself, the biggest challenge was learning about the other person's work. ”

The economy made me focus on designing more must-haves. ”

I'm not a social retard, but I prefer to go unnoticed. ”

I've played outrageous characters my whole career. ”