The people who believe that their soul is being crushed by playing a particular role need to take a vacation or check into the looney bin for awhile.

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

I grew up in the South, so a huge part of our American History education revolved around the Civil War.

I feel there’s no need to overstate.

If you've ever tried to move from L.A. back to New York, that's a pretty hard move. You forget how cramped things are in New York. You forget how dirty it is in New York. But, it's been the best move of my life, not necessarily for my career, but for my soul.

I think the American Western laid down a kind of subject matter that's about following your instinct or following your gut and having a sort of removed quality from your humanity. And I think Clint Eastwood helped to establish that.

Life fundamentally does not change depending on work or fame or success.