I love being directed. I always find it helpful to have someone else's brain in the mix and not just have to rely on myself.

Money has never been important to me. I come from garbage. I'm a sewer rat who made it here. I have no interest in money and never have.

I'll be the next Leonardo DiCaprio, sure.

Life changes and that's cool. Growing older is amazing, I think.

I always wanted to be an actor, but my top three favorite actors of all time are Al Pacino, James Dean and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Ive always said that if I could do anything in the world, I would be a professional golfer.

Even if you become sympathetic for somebody who has done something terrible, I don't think that necessarily makes what they did look cool.

I’ve actually been in a lot of movies that involve sucking on fingers.

It's funny because I went to a predominantly white school, but for some reason they always picked the musicals that were supposed to be done by totally black casts.

Acting is all about being truthful. I'm really bad at lying. I'm one of the worst liars I know.

Theres a wealth of information on James Dean, and everybody has an opinion on him. James Dean made some kind of impression on everybody.

I am furiously happy. It's not a cure for mental illness...it's a weapon, designed to counter it. It's a way to take back some of the joy that's robbed from you when you're crazy.

The mere fact that a boxer covers his face never means that he is much afraid of his opponent. A good punch will give a better explanation for his action!

When grace begins to rule, then our preoccupation with ourselves begins to leave.

Those who think too much of themselves don't think enough.

Why do you always start after my beat then rush to catch up? Do you want us to stay behind?

The gleam in their eyes telegraphs only too clearly that they are hoping for a headline, which of course means something disparaging, because nothing makes such good copy as a feud.

I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11.

You can crush the flowers, but you can't stop the spring.

The moral landscape is the framework I use for thinking about questions of morality and human values in universal terms.

I know that people think of my work from the '70s as American, but I've been going to other places for a long time.