There are people who are younger than I who are more uptight than I am. It's not necessarily an age thing. I mean nobody is offering me 20-year old leads any more.

If you want to produce really horrible, obnoxious kids, say yes to them all the time.

If you're not engaged in the writing and it doesn't grab you then you just don't want to do it.

The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.

I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.

I keep waiting to be invited to the hip hop party, I've never been. So if there's anyone out there who is having a hip hop party, I'd like to come.

Once you've agreed the script, you must be willing to go as far as it needs to go on set.