It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.
I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.
We just had to stay out-of-the-way [in Fences]. [August Wilson] already wrote a masterpiece. And you really don't know how it's going to work until you get it in front of an audience.
Don't get all sentimental on me, Makes me think I'm gonna die.
You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.
[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.