My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.

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

What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that’s more the point.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative.