Everybody has to learn that the world works in very specific ways, and you're not in charge of it.

When I'm not working, I like to play golf.

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.

You just let people do what they do and look at them and give them enough rope until they do what you thought they were going to do... which is screw you over.

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

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 best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.