Quotes About Open-mindedness

I think God calls and encourages us to dream big, but sometimes we put God in a box in a very small way, when God wants us to look outside the box.

I would like to work anywhere, whether it is the U.S., the U.K., Canada, or Europe.

If there's one kind of music that makes somebody happy, how is that a bad thing? And if there's another kind that makes somebody else happy, how is that a bad thing? I don't get why anybody cares about what they don't like so much.

I like all kinds of music. But I would rather people stop caring about lines.

I'll write a character with a certain actor in mind, but then once I start casting, I have to forget about who I pictured.

The idea is to be unrestrained by categories.

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

I don't like any category; categories are not my favorite subject. They're too confining.

A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic.

I just want to be more willing to listen to many people and be cautious about what I'm doing.

I am a child of the 21st century.

I understand that some people like certain things more than others, but by the time you are an adult, you really should be able to sit down and eat pretty much anything.

I don't think that doing things a certain way because they've always been done that way is smart. I don't think you grow that way.

I am certainly not racist; I even like the British.

I would like to take up any kind of film that comes my way if I find the story interesting and challenging.

I'm always checking other people's opinions.

I have never been choosy throughout my career.

There's been a lot of simple vilification of right-wing people. It's really easy to say, 'Well, you're Christian, you're anti-this and that, and I hate you.' But to me, it's more interesting to say, 'What is this person like and how do they really think?'

I am trying to understand what it means to be a Christian without being religious.

If I am doing a certain kind of cinema, that does not mean I hate the other kind.

I'm not usually the guy who believes in aliens, UFOs or superstitions.

Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.

As a music supervisor, you learn to embrace the best of every genre, and I really have to say there's nothing that I'm embarrassed of.

I'm an independent, probably. I'm not dogmatic. I've supported Democrats and Republicans.