“Ultralight backpackers do some stupid stuff, like instead of bringing ...” — Jay Duplass Quote

Ultralight backpackers do some stupid stuff, like instead of bringing a toothbrush, you saw one off right below the bristles and just carry the head.

My whole life, I've been the one in my family that's always too emotional and too sensitive. That's, like, my role in my family.

I always tell young filmmakers, don't go make a feature. Make a short. When you're ready to make a feature, people will tell you. Your friends will tell you. Your fans will tell you. Festivals will tell you. Listen to your audience.

I think it's hard for quieter, more introverted people to get into acting.

Now that I'm acting, I've realized that I don't have a lot of barriers. Certain actors have a hard time with anger or with joy or with whatever, and, I don't know, I don't seem to have those barriers.

I know that when I'm standing alone below a thousand-foot wall, looking up and considering a climb, my sponsors are the furthest thing from my mind. If I'm going to take risks, they are going to be for myself - not for any company.

If a house is priced appropriately, make a bid 10 percent below that amount.

I don't like using fourths and fifths. Instead, I'll come up with a harmony line made up of major and minor thirds above the melody, then I'll drop it down an octave so that the melody is on top and the harmony line is major and minor sixths below it.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.