Religion to me is when man gets ahold of spirituality: "My god is right, yours is wrong." Religion to me is the human condition. "If you're a Muslim, you can't be a Christian." That to me is religion.

If you want to be a warrior, you have to train.

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

[Russel Crowe] has been through a lot and had a lot of success. No one knew who he was when I worked with him 12 years ago. He's just come off a great film in Australia- Romper Stomper - and so it was good to see him again. Obviously, I'd seen him since.

[Movie "Fences"] is more than holds up today. We have had a tremendous response at the screenings.