I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.

If you want to experiment, do something temporary.

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.

She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.

I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.

Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.

A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way.

I wish we didn't have to tell this story.

I have no feelings of guilt regarding the books I have not read and perhaps will never read I know that my books have unlimited patience. They will wait for me till the end of my days.

I am a man of simple tastes easily satisfied with the best

God is a verb not a noun.

Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with.

Value work. But not any kind of work. Ask yourself "Is the work vital, strengthening my own character, or inspiring others, or helping the world?".

If you wanna dance, a windshield wiper'll do it-all you need is a beat.

I think the most "passionate" I get about actual humans are the ones I want to kill.

Racism is a phenomenal thing; it is like a thick mist that obscures the vision and judgement of even great minds.

We find our energies are actually cramped when we are overanxious to succeed.

There is nothing fairer than workmen having unions of their mutual benefit.