That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me

I believe that every innovative thought comes from a creative mindset....A creative mindset is what drives our world, and art is the base of that.

If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.

People are realizing that color has no bearing on what's known as brotherhood

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

Boxing, for me, it's the beginning of all sports. I'm willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that's something innate in all of us.

I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.

I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks

It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.

Writing is the beast unto itself.

With him everything is a test, affection is measured, that given weighed against that which has been received, and the balance, more often than not, disappointing him.

Love lasts a long time but burning desire lasts two to three weeks.

If you can fall in love, then you can love.

So necessary is it not only that we should be what we appear, but appear what we are.

Those who love and who have a sense of purity live in a very luminous band of awareness.

I come from the theater, so for me rehearsal is vital and a way of life. There are many film directors who don't believe in it and some actors who prefer not to rehearse.

Either we figure out how to keep corporate cash out of the political system or we lose the democracy.

In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence.

Never, ever invest money that you will need prior to three to five years - minimum.

True Sufism is resistance: spiritual, intellectual, social, cultural, political and economic resistance. It cannot be, for sure, supporting dictators.