Acting is very competitive. There are few good scripts out there and the ones that are good are very competitive. You look at your options and often … - Matt Dillon

When I went to the Crash premiere I left before they showed the scene of me pulling over Thandie Newton in the car. It was too disturbing. It's a character up there, but I still see me.

The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department.

It seems like a cliche, but you do grow up a lot faster when you travel a lot, go through things like this interview, spend time away from home and hang around with other actors. It's inevitable that you're not going to have a so-called normal childhood.