I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.

You want to do your job well so that people in the future say, 'OK, he's not bad, let's hire him.'

I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.

Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same.