If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.
What happens in improv is you create your own storyline.
All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ideal of racial purity.
Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart.
If you can find a way that your principles are actually the strategically smartest thing to do, you've kind of figured it out.
Strategically, horror films are a good way to start your career. You can get a lot of impact with very little.
A cardinal principle that we must not stray from - no exceptions - is that your genetic information is your business in terms of who sees it. Nobody should be gaining access to that information without your explicit permission, and nobody should be requiring you to take a genetic test unless you decide that that's what you want to do.
It's almost impossible to break a losing streak on your own.
Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off.
'Dream' is about having fears and doing your best to embrace them no matter how strenuous the grip is.
The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed.
Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.
Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.
A perfect run has nothing to do with distance. It's when your stride feels comfortable.
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue.
Open your arms to life! Let it strut into your heart in all its messy glory!
On a studio film, you don't have to worry about running out of film or messing up your costumes; you have five other sets of it. Studio films make you the most comfortable so you can just act.
For the most part, studio movies have huge budgets. They don't do anything under 30 to 40 million. When you have that much money at stake, you have so many people breathing down your neck.
It's the ingredients you choose (Chorizo? Sure! Rye bread? Why not?) that will make your stuffing stand out.
