For right now, I'd like to tell stories that I want to tell. I haven't wanted to use someone else's material yet, but I would with the show. It's become an integral enough part of me now, that I could definitely tell a story in this.

I made a conscious choice to turn down some movies that were action-based, so that I could direct Road to Paloma and show that side.

Some people we know in our lives come up to a crossroads, and they could go left or right, and then end up in a totally different place.

My favorite movie is 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.'

How far would you go to protect your family? I'm a father, I'm a son, I'm a grandson, and I'm a husband. If someone were to hurt the women in my life and the law didn't take care of it, what would I do? Pretty awful things.

I was on Stargate: Atlantis for four years, playing a similar character called Ronon, who was an alien that didn't say much and grunted. I've been there and done that. Whether people have seen it or not, you want to stretch. And then, while I waited, I got The Red Road, and I'd never gotten anything like that.

I love carbs, but denial is good training for the mind.