I can't tell you what your purpose is, that's got to come from you.
— Adrian Grenier
We learn from each other. We learn from others' mistakes, from their experience, their wisdom. It makes it easier for us to come to better decisions in our own lives.
We are on parallel paths with the planet. The wants and needs of marine wildlife are our own: we want connection, companionship, a healthy clean environment.
It's really important to find a humble approach to your own creative work, your own business work. To recognize that you can't do everything yourself.
Tabloids can be fun. I see stuff sometimes and have a good laugh.
What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.
I want to show people that environmentalism can be fun!
My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.
Being performers, that's what we do: We put on shows and want people to watch.
You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.
Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it.
We have a lot to learn from everyone.
Not to say that you shouldn't strive for success, but don't forget why you're doing it. It's not just for adoration.
I don't need success, I just need to be constantly evolving.
My family is mostly a chosen one. I've managed to invite some really amazing people into my life and they become family. Brothers, sisters, siblings, mentors, role models. And I like to live that way, where your family bleeds out into the larger community.
I was rebellious.
Well, obviously I'm not Mark Wahlberg - I have much better abs and I look much better in a pair of Calvin Kleins but when I saw Mark Wahlberg interacting with the world, I realised that his stardom was sort of a result of the movies he had done and the publicity that he had got and the work that he did.
Certainly, if it had been anything other than an HBO show I'd probably still be in Mexico now with a Mexican wife and kids.
I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.
I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.
I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing.
I don't shop. I haven't shopped in about four years.
Success is knowing that your contribution is what helps the collective.
I think we need to recognize that learning is a lifelong goal, a lifelong experience.
You can't scale if you do it alone, you really need to work with others.
Secondly, love and relationships are complicated. No one could ever get it right in a four-line sentence.
I have a bunch of concepts and ideas that I want to do but I have also been growing my production company in general and looking to branch out of projects that I am directing and producing.
It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.
I have always chosen roles that I believed in - not ones that I thought might further my career.
Because when you go out, and you have fun, basically you're performing for these tabloid outlets and the paparazzi. And when you perform and create this story, they're chuffed - they get excited, they capture it, and they put it out.
I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.
Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.
