At the end of the day, audiences just want to laugh and be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.

I want to print books by people in the film industry.

When you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong.

Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.

I love everything black, because black is cool. When something crosses over, people are like, "Oh, this is a crossover." First of all, there is no urban anymore. Pop culture is black. White kids are dressing like black kids. It's all crossed the lines now. The way I understand it is, everything black is cool. When it crosses over to white, that means it's going from cool to uncool. That's what crossover is.

You've got to think about how to do things for the right price. You have to shoot in different places to be creative and get tax rebates.

In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.