I think you have to be left-brained, to a certain extent, to understand science. I can talk about it, but I can't do it.

From early childhood, my thrust was to get into the movies.

Growing up in Mississippi, I realized that it was separate and unequal and all that, but it was still a safe place.

I hate the word homophobia. It's not a phobia. You are not scared. You are an asshole.

I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be.

Not only do I have to live, right, I have to get some cash for my troubles - it's a scary thing, and people need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies.

...if we get the right kind of energy, there are endless amounts. I think we should be developing every kind of alternative fuel that is available to us. That includes hydrogen to soybeans, from solar to wind. Whatever we can find that is going to help us clean up the environment we should be working really hard on developing.