Everybody does what they want to do for their own specific reasons.

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.

I think if people looked at my body of work, they'd see a great breadth of work.

I don't really analyze my stuff when I write. I write about stuff that I'm interested in, that I'm feeling at that particular time. When I stand back and look at the complete work, I might see themes that run through the whole film, but I'm not really conscious of it when I'm doing it.

I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.

I get offered to do stuff where the money's nice but it's not something I want to do - I get offered a lot of commercials too.

Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.