I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.

A sociopath will do anything to win. Anything.

I'm a parent. I think we're responsible for the problems that young people have. I believe that. I don't blame them for any of it. I blame us for what we haven't done as mothers and fathers, not sticking together as a unit.

The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.

I even asked [Saniyya Sidney] why she wanted to be an actor and she said, "I'm serious about this. These other little kids they want to play, and I don't have time for that."