"These days I'm mostly familiar with two parts of L.A.: one is movie culture, and the other is Asian culture. The Westside is work, and the Eastside is Chinese - which means my friends."

"I think each movie-making process is a very exhausting and satisfying and fulfilling experience for me."

"I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history I'm not that kind of person."

"Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet."

"It is a unyielding truth that strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a timeless truth that the distance between ambition and reality is bridged solely by consistent effort."

"I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood."

"The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique."