I'm A Southern Gentleman.

We Cannot Turn Our Back And Say That Violence In Films Or Anything That We Do Doesn't Have A Sort Of Influence. It Does.

Quentin Tarantino Is A Hip-hop Artist. I Told Him, "you're Hip-hop!" You Keep Seeing Surprises, And A Clip Here And There, Because Quentin Is Hip-hop. A Hip-hop Artist Will Drop A Single, Leak Something Over Here, And Drop Something Over There 'cause He Knows It's Hot. He's On The Spot With The Way He Does Things.

I Want To Thank My Daughter, Who Told Me, 'if You Don't Win, Dad, You're Still Good,' ... Who Taught Me How To Act.

I Want To Be The Person Who Eventually Doesn't Have To Be In Front Of The Camera. I Can Be Behind The Camera And Really Change Things Cinematically, And This Is Giving Me An Opportunity To Do Something Behind The Camera, Which I Really Want To Maximize.

In Looking At Hollywood And Its Structure, The Director Controls The Medium, And I Want To Be In Control Of Certain Things. I Want To Be Able To Get My Own Ideas And My Own Feelings Out There, And The Only Way To Do That Is To Be Behind The Camera.