I think we're fascinated by gangsters and that whole lifestyle and crossing the line. We get sort of stuck in our normal lives, if you will, and you want to be bigger than life and I think people somehow live through these sorts of characters.

Thank God in advance for what's already yours.

When my oldest boy was about 14, I started to talk to him about some of the mistakes I made in life, just to put a few dents in that shiny armor.

Cursed be the ground for our sake. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are and to the dust we shall return.

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

As the filmmaker, yes, I have to look out for everybody. But I don't have to know everybody's approach.

I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go.