We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.

You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.

There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.

The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story.

Why movies are so powerful is because you are right in there and you stay in there until they want you to come out, and then you've really gone somewhere.

People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.

Acting is like playing, while directing is really fun, sort of like an orgy.