Girl, don't make me put my foot in your ass.

I'm pretty focused on what I do. I think directing is a very specific talent, and I'm not real big on putting puzzles together, which is basically what a film is.

The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.

My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter's life, and she deserved two parents, which is part of the rationale behind us staying married for 30 years.

I'm actually very ordinary, except people get to pay their money to come watch me work. The same way that we go to McDonald's.. we don't care about the guy behind the counter, but if he was doing something special, we'd pay our money to go watch him cook that hamburger.

I actually think it's going to be the intriguing plot [ in Black Snake Moan] point that brings people into the film.

We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.