There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things.
I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.
Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.
I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.
I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything.
You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.
I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I was hooked.
There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.
Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.
Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.
I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.
Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.
I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?
I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.
I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.
If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment.
Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug.
I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.
I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.
I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.
