I went through a normal kind of late teens, early 20s drinking, but it was a choice I made, because I didn’t think it was very good for my life.

Our society doesn't want to help girls like that [in Black Snake Moan]. They just want to use them.

I just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break.

One thing I noticed after being down in Mississippi for the shoot was that words like "God" and "Jesus" are used all the time, but they're not specifically referring to Jesus. It's sort of this accepted phraseology for love, or spirituality, or whatever it is you personally believe in.

This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.

I've been to therapists my whole life. I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am. Any obsession is dangerous. And a whole country that's obsessed with one thing, unless it's, like, jeans, it's very dangerous. Everyone's obsessed right now with carbohydrates in this country. It's ridiculous.

Well, it's difficult to fall in love with a character when you just read the pilot. You don't really know who the character is.