You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.

I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative. I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.

My father – who I know is up there right now, with a big pot of gumbo, he’s got a lemon meringue pie, he’s probably in his underwear, and he’s got a cold can of Miller Lite – and he’s dancing.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?

I'm a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.

My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.

See, 'A Time to Kill' was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.