Happiness Is The True Beauty Weapon.

I Think You Have To Be Ready To Switch Gears And Go With The Team As A Director, As Opposed To Superimposing Your Own Strict Idea Of The Story. There Are Very Few Directors That Can Micromanage And Still Come Out With Something That's Living And Breathing On A Page. Wes Anderson Is One Of Those.

My Aunt Had Given Me These Rosary Beads That Were Glow-in-the-dark. So All Of A Sudden I Look Down And They're Glowing, And I'm Looking Toward The Door And Thinking, "oh, My God, I Don't Want Anything To Come Though Here. I'm Not Worthy, I'm Not Ready." I Didn't Want To Be One Of Those Kids Who Sees Our Lady Of Fatima.

I Think I'm An Actor Because I Have Very Strong Imagination And Empathy. I Never Studied Acting, But Those Two Qualities Are Exactly The Qualities That Make For An Activist.

It's Really Hard To Find Stuff That Is Original. You Pick Up Scripts And In Four Pages You Know Where It's Going And The Same Thing When You Are Sitting In A Theatre, I Just Rejoice When Something Unfolds In A Way That I'm Not Conducive.

9/11 Just Seemed To Come Out Of The Blue. And There Were People Asking Questions, But Then There Were No Answers. At Some Point, It Just Turned Into, "we've Got To Do What We've Got To Do." And I Think Those Are The Moments When You Grow, When You Get The Opportunity To Try To Figure Out, Exactly As You Said, What Price Are You Paying, And If It's Worth That Price.