Television series always have a lot of characters because you want people to identify with someone on the show, who will be your eyes.

I'm all about freedom in art. I'm from Texas, so when someone tells you which way to ride your horse, you think 'I'll just go to a different ranch. You guys are riding it backwards anyway.

That six or seven hours you have to be in bed with your eyes closed. What a waste!

Don't look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you're doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you're dead.

I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.

When you go off in the world and make your life, and you come back to your home town, and you find your old high-school friends driving in the same circles, doing the same things, that's what Hollywood's like. It's a little block, little town. It doesn't really grow or change.

Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way.