Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.
I'm a believer in belief. Faith is something that works - it causes people to do things, it has results. It's an intangible, indefinable, very real thing. And it moves people, sometimes to atrocity. And sometimes to survival.
In the course of American history, great steps are taken by ordinary people, and ordinary people are not perfect.
As a child of West Texas, I identify with Hispanic culture every bit as much as I do North American culture.
I do not have a sense of humor of any recognizable sort.
In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.
Partnerships are good engines for narrative.
I always told my children when they whined... Only the boring are bored.
As it turns out, my grandmother, my mother, my wife, and my daughter are all women, and I like those people. I'm concerned about the issues that they face in their lives. So I'm a feminist, but that's not all I am.
Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.
I don't have a favorite genre. I think 'genre' is a literary term. I don't have a favorite kind or type of movie. I like the ones that are good.
You know, I don't really think you have to play nice guys.
I think any thinking person should be worried about climate change.
I don't analyze things like titles.
I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.
The quality of one's emotional life changes over the years, doesn't it? But the basic instincts and desires, greed and hope, seem to remain constant. In the larger scope of things, there's a sense of fulfillment to living a creative life. So I guess that's what keeps me going.
No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.
I personally don't live a nihilistic life, I don't have any use for it.
I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word.
Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.
