What you feel is important may not be what the director feels is important.

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.

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.

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

When you're doing something where you really like the material, it doesn't matter what medium it's in.

The movies I made early on may not have been great, but they were all commercially successful.

If anyone ever saw me dance, they'd have trouble taking me seriously.