Here's the thing - you can't be careful about what you pick because what looks like on paper is going to be a great script has often turned out to be a disaster, so there's no way to know what's going to work or to pick the right thing.

My mother helped me identify myself the way the world would identify me. Bloodlines didn't matter as much as how I would be perceived.

I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.

I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say.

When an opportunity comes your way, it's about making sure you're prepared to be the one who can walk through the door and deliver the goods. And I've had a lot of luck on my side and I've been prepared for that luck.

You have to get the audience invested even if you're doing something that they think is dumb, it's kind of what these movies are all about.

I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.