I actually didn't read the book [Fast Food Nation]. I wasn't aware of it. But when I read the script, I thought "Wow." It became a project that was just so exciting to be a part of. Maybe a few times in a career [you] get a chance for a role that really means something, and this was it.

Get into the relationship for the right reason because it's a great support system, because it's a great compliment to your life, because it's someone that actually fulfills you and makes you happy.

I think at some point you have to empower others and really allow everyone else to do what they're hired to do and what they're brought onto the team to do.

I think psychology would be an easy transition and figuring out the human mind somehow.

As a Latin man, obviously immigration has been a part of my culture for decades. [I] grew up understanding what you go through in order to come to this country and searching for that American dream.

It's okay to start over again.

Make sure that everything you produce and create is organic to you.