Of Course, If You're Gonna Make Movies,

I Think The Reason I've Survived That Long Is Because I've Taken My Work So Seriously. Maybe Sometimes Too Seriously, But It's Always Been Important For Me To Do My Best Regardless Of The Film. I Think The Biggest Compliment I Get Is When People On The Street Stop Me And Say They've Liked The Choices I've Made.

The First Music I Was Ever Exposed To Was Irish Folk Music, Like The Clancy Brothers. My Father Plays That And Christmas Songs.

I Do Get Bottled Up In Interviews. You're Thinking About What You're Saying, And Suddenly You Get All Tangled. So People Think I'm Sullen, Or That I Don't Have Much To Say. But My Friends Will Tell You: A Lot Of Times I Talk Too Much.

I'm Not The Greatest Boyfriend, But I'm Not A Creep. It's More Like I'm... Absent-minded.

Racism Was Just A Tool To Deal With Frustration And Pain And That People Are In Denial About The Way We Feel And Desperately Trying To Control Their Environment The Way Their Lives Are. And Ultimately Their Scapegoats Aren't Going To Make Them Feel Better, It's Just Going To Increase Hatred And The Problem Gets Worse And Worse.