"I've started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a Scottish postman."

"I came to America, and I made good. It's an old story, but it hasn't been told in a long time. Usually, it's, 'I'm an immigrant, I came here and got persecuted.' My story is I came here, I worked hard, and it worked out all right. So it's still available."

"I'm not aware of having a creepy laugh, but apparently I do."

"I used to believe, like many people who come from poor backgrounds, that it gave me an edge, but I think that's just something we have to tell ourselves to get by sometimes. I don't believe that anymore. Children of privilege can be just as talented and clever as anybody else."

"You do the work and you want people to see it; but, um while I'm doing the work, the result doesn't matter at all to me. Ultimately, I don't, I don't care whether the film is - you know - some big giant box-office bonanza and I don't care if its a complete flop. To me, when a film gets made and it's actually finished it's a success. They're all a success in their own way."

"It is a profound truth that to speak the truth in a season of deceit is an act of supreme bravery."

"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself."

"To question with sincerity is the first step toward dismantling dogma. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."