I'm not suspicious of success, I'm suspicious of the people who want to attach themselves because of your success.

You know, people don't want their intelligence insulted. They don't want to be preached to. They don't want to be degraded. All they want to do is sit, laugh, have a good time, love one another, forget about what's going on in the world, and find something out so they can be useful in this life. Do this and you have common sense.

I've always wanted to work with Blair, and finally the timing was right. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. I think he's a hugely underrated actor in Hollywood.

People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.

Flying radio-controlled airplanes [is my guiltiest pleasure]. Only God would give me a hobby where I'm looking up to the sky. It's the only time where I am able to focus and concentrate on nothing but looking up. It's a fascinating hobby.

Don't wait for someone to green light your project, build your own intersection.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.