I think my life is a movie and your life reflects your work.

I think real life reflects your movies. In your life, you pick stuff that influences what movie roles you wanna pick. I think if you've got an interesting life, you wanna do interesting movies about interesting things.

Everybody goes through a lot of the same things, and I talk about those, and that's the key. You have to connect with your audience, and I might take them on a trip with me, tell them I went here and I went there and they'll go with me, you know, to hear the stories.

A black President? Now come on y'all, we got Clinton, that's close. He got negro tendencies.

One thing about me, when I make a decision about something, I realize when you make choices in life, that dictates your life.

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

I've got a big closet of scripts, and a big stack of scripts on the side of my desk, because you get a whole bunch. Nothing's going to be perfect, and I realize that; but I am a perfectionist, so you go through a lot of stuff.