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.

I love to play real people... good people that I know the audience will get behind. It's the good people in the world that I gravitate to.

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

[The Man] was a case where it was a funny role teamed up with another actor. It's a great teaming. And the role was a bigger role. It wasn't so much that it was a co-starring role. This is not a new direction. I'm not saying, 'No. I'm only now co-starring.' It just happens it's a co-starring role.

Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.

Jackson doesn't bother to read the scripts anymore. He just checks to make sure he has one loud scene where he gets to shout, then cashes the paycheck.

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.