“Speak about the things you really care about.”

Be yourself. Don’t pretend that you know something you don’t.

[Henry] James is much more complex than Jane Austen. That’s why it’s not so easy to adapt him.

People expect a nice period piece, but that’s not always the case. There’s a deep human mystery in his work.

The internet creates chaos and a dangerous kind of piracy but makes the viewer much more active and gives the voice to minority players.

Don’t create the appearance of fake authority.

I believe that the internet as an open platform for distribution could be a great chance for the diversity of film production.

Since we think about ourselves so much of the time, it is comforting to assume … that we really know the score…. [But] this is not an easy assignment.

I couldn’t really picture a world without music. It would be quite boring.

I was really scared to stay home alone when I was kid, and I would freak out whenever there was a noise after my parents left.

To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.

People’s lives really do turn out differently. And it certainly can’t be explained by how intelligent you remember them being when they were sitting next to you in organic chemistry class.

Those are the moments that I think are precious to a dog-when, with his adoring soul coming through his eyes, he feels that you are really thinking of him.

I treat people based on who they really are, not the name. Everyone has to be respectful and be a human being. No one’s above… That’s how I carry it with anybody.

At this point we find ourselves confronted by a very disquieting question: Do we really wish to act upon our knowledge?