When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty well for the box office. So let's get that going.

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.

[My father] could see as far as he could see and my mother wanted us to go to college so it was a very real part of my life.

Writing is a weapon and it’s more powerful than a fist could ever be.

Acting is like music and you improvise. It's like jazz, there's no rhyme or reason to it. It's not a plan. You practice to music and you just play it.

Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.

I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.