I was a big fan of Joe's film, Narc, so when you hear there's a script coming over from Joe Carnahan, you know it's going to be interesting because he has such a fresh voice.

If you want to experiment, do something temporary.

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.

She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.

I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.

Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.

A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way.

I wish we didn't have to tell this story.

Love and Hate: both are four-lettered and both involve passion. And sometimes when love turns into hate, passion grows murderous.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

Strike when thou wilt the hour of rest but let my last days be my best.

Language is a very complicated thing, and that's one of the reasons why I like making photographs.

Never worry about what anyone else is doing...Just swim your own race.

That man has a spiritual body is evidenced by the account . . . given in the writings of Moses that man was created spiritually in heaven before he was given a natural body.

Perhaps one never seems so much at ones ease as when one has to play a part.

What shall I say, O Muslims, I know not myself, I am neither a Christian, nor a Jew, nor a Zoroastrian, nor a Muslim.

It's more difficult now, to be a Geographic photographer, than it was when I came along. And it wasn't easy at that time.

I've never believed that women have some special, essentialist qualities, or were more nurturing, cooperative, and morally superior.