I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.

When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.

Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad's not great, but the steak is fine.

The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable.

I just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions.

'Drive' came to me because the casting director knew my manager and called and said, 'You've always talked to me about Albert wanting to play the heavy. I think he should read this.' My ears just perked up.

When you improvise on the spot, people are very reluctant to have soft moments or quiet moments or sad moments because they're trying to fill up the spaces. So they always go towards, "How come you're late?! You're supposed to have my shirt ready! You call this a dry cleaner?!" That's what happens. That's why improvising on the spot gets very dicey.