It's just really about trying to do whatever it is I do at a level of excellence. That's really all I'm trying to do while I'm here.

Whenever I think about movies, I always look at that art process as having the best of a lot of worlds. Because if you watch a great film, you have a musical element to it, not just on the scoring, but in the way that the shots are edited - that has music and rhythm and time.

If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Seriously. Punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.

It's just really about trying to do whatever it is I do at a level of excellence. That's really all I'm trying to do while I'm here.

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

I don't fear anybody... at all.

I'm not a centerfold.