Storytelling in general is a communal act. Throughout human history, people would gather around, whether by the fire or at a tavern, and tell stories. One person would chime in, then another, maybe someone would repeat a story they heard already but with a different spin. It’s a collective process.
There’s something really appealing about the simplicity of black-and-white images.
I have a pretty eclectic taste in the movies that I like to watch, and also in the movies that I’m inspired to work on.
While I’m not a celebrity, it’s such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.
There’s a long, long history of women suffering abuse, injustice, and not having the same opportunities as men, and I think that’s been very detrimental to the human race as a whole.
When I started editing on my home computer, I said to myself, ‘Well, I could be at home studying for a class or I could be at home editing a video.’
The thing about Occupy is that the sentiment the movement embodies is timeless: Don’t be greedy, share.
I just like to do work that inspires me, and I don’t pay any attention to whether it’s a high- or low-budget movie.
I don’t blame folks for not wanting to put me in their movies or whatever. I understand if their audiences had an association with me.
I didn’t really like doing commercials.
I don’t think action for action’s sake is so fun, but when it helps tell the story, I love doing a good fight scene.
Hollywood has the idea that movies have to be dumb. But especially movies for or about teenagers have to be really dumb!
That’s what life is: repetitive routines. It’s a matter of finding the balance between deviating from those patterns and knowing when to repeat them.
Here’s the new art of the twenty-first century: the art of curating, the art of plucking all the good stuff from a superabundance of crap.
When you become a ghost feel free to haunt me.
The universe is not made up of atoms; it’s made up of tiny stories.
Most of what Hollywood puts out is crap anyway.
Your kisses are snowflakes: each one is unique. They land on me, before they melt away and leave me cold.
But I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is.
This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.