I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.
The things he did on purpose were usually no different from the mistakes he made by accident.
I'm happy I'm doing films at a slow pace rather than doing anything and everything.
We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose.....It's not just saying yes to the right products, it's saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as the other ones.
While I am impulsive in many areas of my life, marriage is not one of them.
I mean, artistic processes are all about making choices all the time, and the very act of making a choice is the distilling down and the getting to the core of what it is that you care about and what you want to say, really.
It is important to direct our intelligence with good intentions. Without intelligence, we cannot accomplish very much. Without good intentions, the way we exercise of our intelligence may have destructive results.
Live with passion!
The life we want is not merely the one we have chosen and made. It is the one we must be choosing and making
I just don't want to do films for the sake of it.
But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.
The reason I work with the same people, it's not just an accident.
I am kind of being a little selective in what I do, so it takes a little bit longer, but it's worth it in the end.
I won't ever play something just for the sake of playing it, why would I do that?
Will what I am about to do, bring me closer to, or take me further from my goals?
Almost every character I've ever played - and sometimes this is very conscious and sometimes it's not - I need to find what they love.
I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do as by the things you do.
In the past, I had a knee-jerk approach to work, and it showed on screen. I was doing movies for the wrong reasons - trying to juggle dates, do too many guest appearances, take up projects under pressure or for emotional reasons.
For good-intentioned people making decisions, there's no such thing as a bad choice. So it doesn't matter what you choose. Choose something, then deliberately line up with the choice you make. This is the art of alignment and allowing.
I can't grab anything that comes my way just because it's from a big banner.
My body, my clothes, and my makeup are on purpose, just as I am on purpose.
When you choose an action, you choose the consequences of that action.
You know you're living with the habit of zest if you purposefully choose the scenic route to wherever you are going. Or you choose clothing because you love the texture of the fabric. Or you pick a shampoo or cleaning product because you love the smell - smell being just as important to you as how the product works.
A person of responsibility can trust himself to choose the right thing over the easy thing.
When I'm acting, I've always got to make it make sense to me why I do anything. Whether it's right or wrong, I've just got to believe this is the reason why I am doing this and just go with it.
