The future of digital identity should not be determined by one company( namely, Facebook), i still believe that competition in this space is better for consumers, for startups, and for the industry. And Google still remains one of the few companies( besides Apple, perhaps) that stands a chance to take on Facebook in this arena -- but Google +, as I see it, has lost its way.

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The rain probably dampened the spirits of those that decided not to come. But the people who were here didn't know it was raining because they were having so much fun.

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rain fun people

Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside.

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satisfaction would-be ideas

I think as an actor, you're constantly putting yourself out there, and a lot of times failing - and failing in front of a bunch of people - and sometimes you have a good moment and something clicks.

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actors people thinking

I was shooting on The Mindy Project while I was editing Alex of Venice, which was the stupidest thing I could've done. It was like having two full-time jobs. But in editing some characters were dropped, some storylines were dropped. It just starts dictating what it's supposed to be.It's scary, but fun to try to be brave and to "kill your darlings." To get rid of the stuff that you were like, "Oh, I'll never get rid of that. I love that. As long of a take as it is, I'm gonna keep that in."

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fun character long

I've spent so much of my youth trying to change people or change girls and then having it done to me and people wanting me to change.

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girl trying people

There's been a lot of times that I thought I'd never work again; I was really bummed out.

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bummed-out

Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.

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bigs stars directors

My wife Jennifer Todd, who's a producer. She runs Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's company, and she produced Memento, and Boiler Room, and Prime, and Across the Universe... and Alice in Wonderland... She's really smart, and very helpful. That was nice, because I was super neurotic and worried.

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smart nice running

Well, it's always strange to kiss someone with 10, 20, 40 people around.

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strange kissing people

When you do a play, you do it for a couple months, and it just gets in your bones. You can learn about somebody that way.

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couple play way

I would love to close my eyes and see myself with my girlfriend when we're 99 years old and I have a pipe and she's knitting a sweater, and I hope that's the way it goes. I think it's a challenge every day.

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girlfriend eye thinking

I mean, in the editing room, you sit there, and you're so happy about a lot of it. You've got these great actors, and the DP's great, and you love it... And then there's so much you're mad about. Cause you've made so many mistakes. So yeah, there're scenarios where you're like, "Ah, I wish I could change this. How do I make this better?" "No matter what I do, the scene's not working, what do I do?"

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mad mistake mean

If you're playing your character and you're running into all these people who know who you are and treat you in a way that doesn't pertain at all to the character, it takes you out of it more, so when you're alone in a city where people don't know you, you can kind of pretend even more and get into the head space of where you need to be.

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cities running character

I'm not a cook. I don't think I ever will be.

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cooks thinking

I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.

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great-actors lucky actors

Woody Allen, when we did Vicky Cristina Barcelona, said to Rebecca Hall, "Do it one time happy, one time sad, and one time indifferent, as I won't know where you should be until I'm editing this, in terms of your emotions."

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woody term emotion

Invented the #hashtag.

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hashtags bragging google

I think Aaron Sorkin is like Shakespeare. When you go through it, there is a rhythm and clues all over the place of how it should be played.

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clue should thinking

Nothing is as it seems; everything is as you allow it to be

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seems

If you cry too much on screen, you're crying for the audience.

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audience cry