Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.

I was physically abused and I retaliated.

I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.

I think anybody who has been abused as a kid - and I was abused as a kid, by various people - will say it's irrational because violence is irrational.

I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.