I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.

I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script.

It is important to learn as much as you can about the person and then throw it all away so that you're not in any way doing some sort of mimicry.

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not.

I'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire.

I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book.

What's not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay.