If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.
We get very set in our ways and it’s sometimes hard to look beyond what else is out there.
I have a problem with objectifying women, but I don’t have a problem playing a guy who objectifies women.
I still have the art projects my kids made for me 20 years ago. I cherish them, crude and silly as some of them may be.
Spiritually, we’re all on a path. I haven’t declared of defined myself because as soon as you declare yourself you’re identifying with a certain dogma.
I’m a wonderful disaster. So are you. We’re all a mess. We’re in this culture that says take this pill and you’ll be happy, go on this diet and you’ll be thinner, have your teeth whitened, people will love you more.
Writing is a lonely job, unless you’re a drinker, in which case you always have a friend within reach.
Film is an illusion. Fame is ephemeral. Faith and family are what endure.
All the crap that we’ve encumbered our lives with, it’s really meaningless.
By definition, I believe I am unapologetically optimistic and I am unapologetically earnest.
When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told the truth and third, he stood up for the little guy.
Americans are probably more in line than ever before. We’re more moderate than we are liberal or conservative.
I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners and formality, the death of poetry and the death of a dream.
I saw a headshot with the name ‘Emilio Sheen’ printed under it and it looked terrible.
There is a part of me that still wants to go out and grab a backpack and unplug – not take a cellphone or even a camera and just get out there and experience the world and travel. I have yet to do that, but someday I hope.
What does it take to get you to the point where you have to kill your brother? It’s biblical, it’s huge. It’s so personal.
This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want.
There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on your feet. You have to adhere to strict deadlines and budget constraints.
You look at 1968 and it was truly the year that shook the world. The world was really completely upside down.
We need to risk, we need to dare to risk and fail greatly because that’s the only way we grow.
Young people need to re-engage with politics. The life of democracy depends on it. We’ve left it to the stuff shirts, and obviously they haven’t been minding the store.