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What I Didn't Realize Is How Completely Consumed I Would Be By My Sons. I Didn't Know That The Rest Of My Life Would Become So Little A Priority.

Most Actors Don't Really Have A Director's Sensibility. They Have An Actor's Sensibility.

I Make Movies About People In Spiritual Crisis Because It's A Way For Me To Spend The Time, The Energy, The Focus And The Obsession To Come To Terms With My Own Spiritual Crisis.

I'm Interested In Directing Movies About Situations That I've Lived, So They Are Almost A Personal Essay About What I've Come To Believe In.

I Think It's Important That When People Are Struggling, That You Not Run Away From Them If You Love Them. Kristen, I Mean, I Look At The Room Tonight, You Know, Kristen Stewart And Claire Danes, Jennifer Lawrence, All These Young Women That I Worked With Who Basically Were Child Actors Like I Was A Child Actor. And Then I Feel Very Protective Of Them, Because Even Though I Think I Have Managed To Get Through The Process Relatively Sanely, I Have My Scars, And I Hope To Be In Some Ways A Member Of Their Family That's Out There Protecting Them.