If you ever get the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino, you had better believe that it will be an experience of extremes.

The life of a character doesn't just exist between action and cut.

I don't take a scene or word for granted.

Tarantino and Jackson is like Scorsese and DeNiro, and their silent communication.

I'm not good at telling a joke, but I can say a line in a certain way that makes people uncomfortable because they don't know whether to laugh or not, and I love that comedy.

The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving.

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.

'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.

I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.

Unfortunately, when you're the king of the hill, there's really only one way to go, and that's down.

I think I've made a career out of making despicable people likable.

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.

I really do enjoy making movies and I try to test myself on occasion with some different stuff.

UNNATURAL CAUSES tears back the veil to show the socio-economic and racial inequities in health as well as the public policies that underpin them. Should be required viewing.

I make the necessary "corrections" if I find myself leaning too far in one direction.

Be a rock, not a pebble.

Studies show that when we vocalize an opinion, whether or not we believe it to be true, in time we usually come to support it.

Dreams, though, are just one kind of inspiration - no more or less special than something in a newspaper article or from the world around you sparking inspiration.

I came into public life during the 1960s when a whole bunch of us believed in our ability to change the world. And we did a lot of things.

I just don't want to repeat the same thing over and over again, so I'm always looking for something that's going to be challenging and make me nervous every time I start a project.

We all have romantic nature of one kind or another buried somewhere in our hearts.