The biggest challenge is how you get money for independent films, in these ever-changing times when most people don't really want to invest in that anymore.

Netflix is something I watch.

I'm intrigued by the dark. Out of darkness comes creation.

Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding around in that crazy Space Mountain ride I'm happy.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

I am attracted to the dark side of life!

Enjoy it while it lasts.

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.

I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished.

I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something.

I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time.

At life's most significant moments, we are always alone

I’ve always been under the assumption that death is a one-time, encompassing event.” “Why would you ever think that?

No bird soars too high if he soars on his own wings.

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.

I think at this point, I'd eventually like to work behind the camera. That's not to say I would never act again, I'm not quite sure to be honest.

The jazz musician's function is to feel.

Change the voices in your head. Make them like you instead.

Everything that I've gone through informs me and my opinions in a way, I guess because I am a child of segregation. I lived through it. I lived in it. I was of it.

As people get older and fall out of the spotlight, people's memory of them changes.

When you propose ridiculous things to believe, too many men will choose to believe nothing at all.