The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.
I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.
The ultimate 20-year plan is to be living in the Caribbean, writing, living off the land, eating from the ocean and probably smoking herb.
Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.
It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.
It just makes so many other things insignificant. It is the most incredible thing that has happened to me, and I feel so lucky to have found the person I want to be with, and to be prepared and enthusiastic.
My sisters are my favorite people on earth.
Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question.
I only want to make movies I want to see. That may mean my career is somewhat limited, but that is my version of integrity. No matter how it performs or how it's received, I can be okay with it.
But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.
I've made 30-plus films over 20 years. And in my opinion, five of them are good.
Working in South Africa and the people in Johannesburg get under your skin. It stays with you. It's a place I want to take my children back to. It's a place that filled me with great joy and inspiration but also sadness. I think it's one of the most complex places on the planet.
A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.
On his daughter, Ava: She is a relief from all the stress in my life; everyday she does something new and it is so amazing.
Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice.
Divorce was the darkest, saddest place I had ever been. It was a struggle - there were a good four or five months of not being able to get out of bed. It was the worst time in my life. You get through it. It's a process that's not easy, but I get less and less sad about it every day.
At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore.
Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But even then, I try to find something that has a dark or subversive aspect.
Music is my greatest love. If I could play an instrument I would be a musician.
The world's gotten smaller by virtue of the Internet and new media.
There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.
I won't make a movie for money ever again.
The idea of being in a hugely successful movie that I don't like would be just as bad as being in a film that I love that no one sees. I wouldn't want the kind of success that felt cheap or that I didn't own.
I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.
My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.
