Be involved with the people with the live hearts, the live eyes, who are committed to something.
Countries aren't built by boring people.
What people refer to as nerds or geeks, all they really are is people who are passionate about what they like, and aren't afraid of it. To me, it's very frustrating when people are discourage from being enthusiastic about things. This idea of the geek, or the nerd; all that person really is - and I would consider myself one - is someone who is not ashamed of liking what they enjoy.
The Russians are extreme people: they are generous but crazy at the same time. They always have something to say, and I really like that.
I developed a group of friends around me that were all as crazy as I was about wanting to make films.
It's about passion, and if somebody is passionate about a development deal, they're going to get it made.
Making an average pitch to average people, or having an average gala for average people isn't going to scale anymore. You've got to find the people who care. Those people are worth all of your time.
I really believe that whoever is doing something with a strong passion is very much important to me. I love people like that.
People like me, who care about printing, constitute the tiniest lunatic fringe in the nation.
We as individuals have good and bad days, but we are all passionate, career driven, and competitive. As a collective, the whole locker room has excellent heads on our shoulders, and you have to remember it is a sisterhood.
Athletes and actors do really crazy things, and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things in an extreme manner.
