"If you read Keats's poems, they're often full of doubts and anxieties. They can be quite tough."

"There are some things that are real, that you can see, that you can observe, like the moon, and grass and things. But for ideas to become real, they have to be played on your senses."

"I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the only way to fill two hours, or to phrase things, or to order thoughts, or order ideas."

"So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona."

"The only limit to human potential is a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"A quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love."

"A quiet mind is capable of understanding that the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."