I am very interested in architecture. I've been asked if I'd ever direct, but me, I'd rather build. It's very similar to directing, because you get to walk among this piece of art, to live in it, be surrounded by it, which is just thrilling.

I was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.

I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right.

[Robert] Ford had the idea that through fame he would receive some personal validity, but he didn't. I feel that these are not the main themes, but certainly themes that are at play in this film [Assassination of Jesse James].

No more excuses. I can't blame anything on my parents. I'm responsible for my mistakes and my choices.

I've been in these tabloids for 14 years now, and at some point you just become a Zen master of it all