Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.

I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.

I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing.

There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.

I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.

A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.

I've had a love affair with every movie I've ever done.

The real world is where I get to educate and entertain myself. I go and touch the real world and touch real people. That's my way into movies.

Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people.

The world is sick of big IT things that don't work.

I have a short attention span.

No matter what, they always had each other. How did people get through life without sisters?

I’d gone with my usual option. I was running through long tunnels filled with demons and monsters and nightmares, because it was easier than going to the gym.

My mother was a single mom, and most of the women I know are strong.

The West is duly terrified. But it should not be surprised.

Opinion is a flitting thing But Truth outlasts the Sun.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

If you wish to control others you must first control yourself

I was running around with two guns on my waist like I was Larry Fishburne or something. I wasn't making no money, I was just running around with two guns like Larry Fishburne.

And you take care, too, Shahara. Remember the lies we tell ourselves to survive seldom bring peace to our souls. (Nero)

So I'm studying ballet every day and really training so people will see me as a ballet dancer, which no one's seen before.