I think that maybe that's my weakness, in that I don't know how to do it, so I just do what I do and try to do it as passionately and as well as I can.

It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.

It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.

I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.

I'm always fascinated with how a person becomes a good quality person, a productive person, and how it happened to me, because I was a terror.

I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.

I love the fight game. I like the brutality. I like the mentality. I like the aggressiveness, but I like the technique and skill. I like the stakes. I like the people around in the gym. I like the everyday, working class feel of a boxing gym.