I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.

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

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.

I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.

I think a big part of our attraction to sport movies are the stories contained within the sports.

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

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