I went to North Texas State, one of the great jazz schools. When I realized I wasn't going to be Miles Davis, I switched my major to English and theater.

It's not good to meet you heroes. The humanity in them or the a**hole in them will bring it down. And you don't want to do that.

Miles Davis, my one and only real hero of my life. I met him [because] every time I had a movie interview, I would shift the conversation to jazz. Miles, when I finally met him, he knew he had a sucker walking in the door. Because his people told him, “This guy plays the trumpet and every freakin’ interview he has ever given, he’s talked about you.”

The best reason to go to the movies is to be with other people. Eating the popcorn, being with other people you don't know.

I'm just gonna be real grateful to be on any freaking movie set for the rest of my life.

I steer away from episodic TV; it burns you out.

Art has absolutely changed my life.