"Feeling gratitude isn't born in us-it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children."

“I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing.”

Source : "American Morning With Paula Zahn" with Bill Hemmer, www.cnn.com. August 2, 2002.

“It's really cool going into a casting room and having them know who you are and the work that you've done.”

Source : Source: jimhalterman.com

“Think of it like running down a slope. If you attempt to slow down and choose your steps, you’re bound to trip up and stumble.”

“Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die”

Source : Matsuo Basho (2006). “Narrow Road to the Interior”, p.132, Shambhala Publications

“There is still such a thing as subversive. Subversive makes hip people nervous. It's something new that scares you in a good way. I mean, subversive to me is a compliment. Subversive is something that influences people to do something against society that they haven't thought of before.”

“The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?”

“It's funny, though, with films, because you can incorporate a variety of elements, and sometimes that can work for you and sometimes I think it can work against you.”

“I'd like to think that the notion of inspiration will transcend cultural things that are going on. There's something classic about this movie that I'm hoping reaches kids.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.