I would say my grandmother would be like my personal god.

You gotta have the balls to go out there and be funny, man.

We can't wave a magic wand and get rid of any of these people's problems, but what they want is they want to be heard.

I think girls have to play a little hard to get because we come with so much bravado.

I've had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man.

With Django Unchained, when you're dealing with slavery, it's like a gymnastics routine with the highest amount of difficulty. Quentin Tarantino is not going to do a movie that's just going to lay there and be safe. There's going to be twists and flips.

When your movie is hot, your options are crazy.