I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman.

I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.

I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face. And then we'll either talk about it or fight about it.

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.

You should never try irony or self-effacing humour.