“Normally, architects render a service. They implement what other peopl...” — Peter Zumthor Quote

Normally, architects render a service. They implement what other people want. This is not what I do. I like to develop the use of the building together with the client, in a process, so that as we go along we become more intelligent.

My buildings should have an emotional core - a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.

I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.

If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.

Architecture has its place in the concrete world. This is where it exists. This is where it makes its statement.

I've had some interesting roles along the way, but they tend to be cause-driven. They're always about something. There isn't time for character work as an actor because you're fighting the cause or mourning the child or fighting the disease, etc.

I'm so grateful that the Internet and the DVD came along because, otherwise, something like 'Freaks And Geeks' would have been dead. At the time we made the show, those avenues weren't really available, and the idea of the show carrying on after it was canceled was something that didn't really happen.

I feel like I've dreamed half of my life that hasn't happened yet, so a lot of times I'm going along, and I do stuff, and I know that I've done it. I have deja vus more than I have regular experiences. If half of your day is a deja vu, then you start to wonder, 'What is real and what isn't?'

On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.