The three things that kept me sane as a child were bikes, books, and soccer
If I know I have everything prepared for when I get killed by a stalker, then I can go to sleep.
Any obsession is dangerous.
I like the way my own feet smell. I love to smell my sneakers when I take them off.
To Craig's [ Brewer] credit, I felt totally safe on the set [of Black Snake Moan]. And because I felt safe, Sam[L. Jackson] had to protect me. He got upset at all the physical stuff Craig wanted me to do. When I start doing stuff like that, all the screaming and running, I kinda go out of my head. I'm not necessarily in my own body anymore.
Our society doesn't want to help girls like that [in Black Snake Moan]. They just want to use them.
We might all be so afraid to be who we are, but in the end, it's really you're individual, unique qualities that make you attractive to people.
My great definition of success comes from Thoreau: "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. " That always has defined my road to what you call phenomenal success. I have advanced confidently in the direction of my dreams. I have lived the life I imagined. And I have had a ball doing it.
Talking to other people while you're cooking, it doesn't come naturally.
Cinema is movement, after all.
I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car.