I hated repeating myself. The last films I've done - not once did I ever have the feeling that I was dialing it in.

The tree is known by his fruit.

Directors like William Friedkin (Killer Joe), Steven Soderbergh (Magic Mike) and Lee Daniels (The Paperboy) got in touch with me and wanted me to be part of their films. That was a whole new chapter for me. I didn’t chase any of those films and it made me think that I was right to take a chance, say no to the kind of thing I had grown tired of doing, and wait until something good came around. And it did.

If happiness is what you’re after, then you are going to be let down frequently and be unhappy much of your time. Joy, though, is something else. It’s not a choice, not a response to some result, it is a constant. Joy is “the feeling we have from doing what we are fashioned to do,” no matter the outcome.

I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.

A drunk doesn't try to stand up; a drunk tries not to fall down.

A foolish man... built his house upon the sand.