I'm in a whole different part of show business. I'm not even part of Shakespeare in Love.

White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played any of them slave roles, and get my ass whipped. That's how you get the nomination. A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ass whipped gets the nomination, a white guy who plays an idiot gets the Oscar. That's what I need, I need to play a retarded slave, then I'll get the Oscar.

The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone’s advice.

I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.

I haven't read a newspaper in 20 years. I don't look at the computer or anything. You have to have a filter on what you let in.

You can't let the good things people say make you feel too good, because you're going to let the bad things make you feel bad.

This is a regional fair that attracts people from the surrounding counties and from further distances. The fair draws people from as far away as Albert Lea, Owatonna and the Twin Cities.