The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.

You guys might be surprised, but I am not Honey Boo Boo Child.

I'd prefer not to act in the film I'm directing. I think, though, as an actor, you do learn how to turn things on and off quickly and kind of compartmentalize. You learn to accommodate the camera and the other actors, to notice where the boom is and where you mark is, and be able to repeat something a few times.

I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age.

But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be very cultural, but it's not acceptable.