“I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.”
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Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets, ' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.
When I go to movies and I love the movie, it's because it feels like it articulated something about how we're living now, and also gives me some insight into my own life. I feel actually altered after having seen it.
I learned a lesson which I didn't heed: Don't put yourself in your movies. It's too much.
I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.