He musta thought it was white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it?

If I've made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I've accomplished something.

Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.

To really get to know people and discover humanity, which is what I truly think writers and actors do, you've got to be interested in other human beings, you have to be interested in humanity in general, and you have to do some discovering of humanity and different people.

The good ideas will survive.

I always wanted to do a movie that deals with America's horrific past with slavery, but the way I wanted to deal with it is - as opposed to doing it as a huge historical movie with a capital H - I thought it could be better if it was wrapped up in genre.

I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.