“What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optica...” — Robert Musil Quote

“What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture.”

“The difference between a healthy person and one who is mentally ill is the fact that the healthy one has all the mental illnesses, and the mentally ill person has only one.”

“A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much above the average are usually regarded by their contemporaries as geniuses.”

“And being an actor already means that working with cast as a director, I have a clear understanding of their position and that collaboration is great and useful.”

“I'd rather be on the cast of 'Love & Hip-Hop' than 'Project Runway.'”

“I'm very influenced by Mike Leigh and the way that he always has these climactic confrontations, like in 'Secrets and Lies' and 'High Hopes,' in which the ensemble cast meets in one location.”