I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.

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Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the...

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the...

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time,...

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time,...

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full...

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full...

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Dont sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much theres nothing else you...

Dont sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much theres nothing else you...

Life stops when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing, love ends when...

Life stops when you stop dreaming, hope ends when you stop believing, love ends when...

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and...

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his...

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his...

Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in...

Christmas will always be as long as we stand heart to heart and hand in...