A lot of the motivation for doing the 'Make 'Em Laugh' on SNL was because I had just finished shooting 'Inception,' where there were zero-gravity scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do 'Make 'Em Laugh.'

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It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

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When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.

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Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.

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I love Kimberly Peirce. Incredibly intense is a good way of describing her. Brutally honest. Really sharp. She's a director for actors. That's what she's best at, sitting down with an actor and just getting to the heart of what a scene is. And getting to the heart of not just what the scene is and the character is, but what you are, and how to build that bridge between the "me" and the character, and those emotions.

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If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.

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If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

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We’re all beautiful. We all deserve attention.

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The chemistry and the comfort and trust between two people playing a love story l is key, and to have a friend that I could trust, and whose sensibilities I already understood, made it so much easier, and is a big part of why it all looks natural on screen.

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The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

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I'm tired of being tired of being tired of being.

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The sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

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You usually get one or the other, you get someone who knows how to tell a story but they don't necessarily know about light and camera and rhythm, or you get someone who can make beautiful images but they can't necessarily tell a great story. He does both and I think he's going to be one of the film-makers that our time is remembered for.

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This is the saddest, most depressing music I've ever heard. It makes me so happy.

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Your heart has a little empty corner. You won't even know I'm there -- I'll be very quiet.

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I just need some time away to remember why I stay.

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Most of what Hollywood puts out is crap anyway.

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The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

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Darkness is a lot of what art is and certainly in our community a lot of it is people sort of wrestling with their demons.

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I lost you when you left me to find yourself.

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Today's a great time to be any creative type of person, I think, and in just about every aspect of creativity, this generation is going to blow away every generation ever. Because we're the first ones with the Internet. I can get together with some friends, shoot a movie, cut it on my laptop at home, and then put it online. We don't have to listen to anyone.

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