When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.

I think that when I make a film, I'm terrified that people will come to work and work on something that they're not proud of.

The execs don't care what color you are. They care about how much money you make. Hollywood is not really black or white. It's green.

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.

I have no idea what my limits are. I believe that if I set my mind to it, within the next fifteen years, I would be the President of the United States.

If you learn how to defeat that person when you're running. You will know how to not quit when things get hard in your life.

For me and my storytelling and the way that I embrace stories in the way that I embrace characters, I desperately needed to know that everything was okay.