Of course, I would be depressed sometimes, and my Mom would be worried about me because I would just sleep to escape. Cause I was so scared of being a musician or artist, or whatever you want to call it.
I remember failing my Princeton interview. My mom wanted me to apply because ever since I was a kid she had this dream that I would apply to Princeton, but it was just not happening.
The reason I started writing movies was because I kept getting parts that I just kind of stepped into. I didn't have to do a lot of work and I ended up getting sort of bored.
I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all likelihood are made without stars. And then they have to rely just on the material.
I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.
You can't really get into regular football after you watch Australian rules football because it's just two different ends of the totem pole.
I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering with each other, it is like bobbing at the net in tennis.
It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later.
Its strange how some people ignore the logic just because they believe what they like to believe and ignore the truth.
You'll earn more money doing something you love, rather than just doing something because it pays you a high salary.
My mother has only just got over the fact that I will never play Shrek's sister - because of the Scottish accent, she thought I'd be perfect.
It takes two hands to clap! I cannot be solely blamed for what happened in my relationships! If things soured, it happened because of both parties. Not just me!
I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.
It kind of cracks me up when people say I'm hot because I just think that that's a term that I don't have to deal with anymore.
I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.
All that matters is this moment and what you make of it, because the past is history and the future is just full of wishes that you can’t foresee.
Every season has its lipstick trend, and just because your perfect color is a pinky beige, that doesn't mean you can't wear deep burgundy.
People are fed up with the politics where candidates just rip each other apart and then the voters lose in the end because no one really knows what anybody stands for.
But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago.
That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
When I was a kid, the avant-garde to me was boring because it was just the flip side of being really successful.
