There are tons of stories out there. I read a lot of scripts on a weekly basis. I'm looking for stories to tell and stories that I hope will be interesting to an audience.

Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.

I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.

All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.

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

Painters get up and paint. Writers get up and write. I like to get up and act. It's not a big deal. It makes me happy.

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.