It's Easier To Control People When They're

I Think Audiences Deserve The Benefit Of The Doubt. I Prefer To Be Surprised By Them Rather Then Just Assume They'll React Negatively To Any New Idea.

The Religion Itself May Have Some Great Ideas, But I Can't Take It Seriously If It's Blatantly Exclusionary.

I Got A Nomination For Director, Which Means The World To Me; It's Just The Most Exciting Thing For Me And My Family. You Do The Good Hard Work, And The Rest Of It Is Something You Shouldn't Get Too Caught Up In, But When It Happens - Boy! I Respect It.

I Think I Land Somewhere Between Scorsese And Capra In What I'm Drawn To Emotionally; I'm Drawn To Very Intense Emotion. Capra Freaked People Out When They Saw Jimmy Stewart Lose It In 'it's A Wonderful Life.

The Investigation Of Consciousness Has Come To Be Regarded Suspiciously By Most Smart People And By Most Scientists. That's A Legacy That Began With The Inquisition, Which Considered Non-christian Spiritual Inquiry As Blasphemous.