I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

I remember my mother and father arguing about light bulbs because my father thought he could save money by putting 25-watt bulbs instead of 60-watt bulbs and my mother was trying to explain to him that her children needed to learn to read so that they could go to college. He couldn't see that.

I try not to think about that [getting Oscar] ahead of time. You just try to do the best work you can, and then you get the movie out there, and we've been hearing good things. But you never know, you don't want to get too high, and you don't want to get too low.

I didn't realise that Ridley Scott has never won an Academy Award.

I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.

It could be that it's not that different. Circumstances, no matter what the color is, could be similar.