There's nothing better than actually getting to watch the person and see his or her mannerisms.

Often times, if a character is pretty straightforward, he or she is not as interesting to portray.

I walked away from this movie thinking how important it is to have a genuine selfless love for your children. You can really mess kids up if you don't have the right kind of love for them.

"Alleluia" song is a street hymn in the sense that it's all about culture.It's almost a juxtaposition of the prayers of the world and the prayers of the culture and how we sometimes put an "amen" after crazy things. So it's really just that tension between madness and simplicity.

I think acting is a gift. I think certain people for some reason just have a gift that they were meant to perform.

That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest as possible.

Being joyful is a choice.