I get enraged when people start telling other people how to live their lives.
Listen, I've been pretty fortunate. And if I've been underrated, it's actually been something I've been able to work with; I can surprise people. It sets me up to exceed expectations, so I don't mind.
I had a very supportive family environment that gave me room to explore and discover things about myself.
I always liked film as a teaching tool - a way of getting exposed to ideas that had never been presented to me. It just wasn't on the list of career options where I grew up.
A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.
When I was a boy, I would ask about my family history, about my bloodlines. We really didn't know that much. We had a little Indian in us from the Oklahoma Trail of Tears.
With sons and fathers, there's an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you.
I loved 'Saturday Night Fever' when I was a kid. I couldn't believe people talked that way. It was just a whole new culture I didn't understand. I snuck into it. It was an R-rated film. So it holds a special place.
So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you're figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it's not worth doing - it's already done.
I see religion more as a truck stop on your way to figuring out who you are.
I certainly feel injustice. I'm no foreigner to that, whether it's real or perceived.
I'm sure they're saddened by me, and I get frustrated with them. But I love them, and at the end of the day if they need me or if they need anything, I'm there for them. Family.
I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale.
I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the truth.
I start asking a lot of questions about my own life, and it's not necessarily fun, but it's a good exercise.
I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.
Seeing the world is the best education you can get. You see sorrow, and you also see great spirit and will to survive.
What we're seeing now is that greed is still alive and kicking, and banks are bigger than ever.
I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong. I don't know how to explain it more. It's universal. Some people are better at dealing with it, and they sleep with no pain - not pain, arguments. I've grown quite comfortable with being at war.
America is a country founded on guns. It's in our DNA. It's very strange but I feel better having a gun. I really do. I don't feel safe, I don't feel the house is completely safe, if I don't have one hidden somewhere. That's my thinking, right or wrong.
