"The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued."
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"There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon; I move on."
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"The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone."
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"Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care about what happens to them."
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"I'd seen 'Interview with A Vampire' and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, 'I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.'"
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"I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive."
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"Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV."
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"I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to having a religion."
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"Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do."
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"Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality we desire. That somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering. For me, the thing that I love is that it's all about the present moment."
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"I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it."
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