Happiness, that's obviously different for everybody, but what I call my joy, the thing that makes me feel incredibly satiated, is my family, and then I get to go and play out all of my ideas and feelings through all these different characters.

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Part of our job as human beings is to share our knowledge and share the things we've learned. So we can either save people from making the same mistakes, or give them hope.

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You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.

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Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

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As a child, my whole life was books. They were my fantasy. That's where I could go. That was a lot of times [what] saved me.

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It's very easy for a couple to experience joy together. But when you experience pain together, it can lead to such depth and such union. That is when you fuse.

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I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

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To appreciate the success you have to have had the failures. You have to accept that it is a journey and its not just tomorrow or the next day or next year.

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If you take care of the woman in the family, the whole family prospers. But when the mother falters, the family falls apart.

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The things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens.

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