When I was 18 I already had a business going..

Every time I make an American film I just trust the American director and American writer. Myself, I would never make this kind of film. For me, thos….

When I was very young I wanted to be a professional horseback rider. Then I wanted to be a pop singer. Then I wanted to be a psychiatrist. Then I wan….

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is..

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors..

We make a contract within ourselves as actors or directors or writers about how much of ourselves we let into projects. You can actually figure out b….

By the time May rolls around, I'm probably going to want to spend a month on an island. But if Steven Spielberg or Steven Soderbergh or any number of….

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I have worked with some very great directors..

I am not an African. I am an American..

Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route. Ive never actually watched another director work..

I don't want to infantilize the actor; I want to empower the actor. Actors can be many things, but all of the really good ones are really great story….

When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: "You're useless..." But I wanted to be the best, I wanted to be a super stunt guy. That's how I ….

Politics is a highly tribal business..

Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with..

No one survives life..

I knew that I always wanted to be a filmmaker, an actor, a writer and a director, that was always my plan..