To sit down at a computer every day and write a script is commendable. I don't have the patience for it, but I have some fantastic ideas.

Innately, there are qualities in human beings that are always repetitive. There are things like love and hate and jealousy that are just going to be there forever.

Growing up, I didn't have television. My dad would make up stories and tell me stories, so my imagination ran wild. When I did see films, which was very few and far between, that was such an interesting medium that was so new to me. It wasn't something that was just part of my life, so it was really appealing and so different that I enjoyed that.

People make up rumors and put them on the Internet.

I read an interview with Mark Wahlberg, and he was like, ‘I might read a script and love it, but it’s all about the filmmaker.’ I think that’s a good lesson for me.

I try to create as many circumstances outside of set that help me fall into character when I get onto set.

I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better I would love to be a writer.