We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'

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.

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

I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.

I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.

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

I’ve consequently played a lot of different cops from a lot of different kind of law enforcement agencies.