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"Tarantino's movies, I really enjoy, certainly, and when I was 19 and 20, I was really into them."
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"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."


"I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds."


"There's always difficulties and challenges in every life, I don't care how much money you make, where you live... and that's something this film speaks to."


"A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making."


"A lot of producers cookie cut movies one after another, but I'll be a little more careful, and have the opportunity to be, because I have the acting career to subsidize the producing."


"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."


"I've been in this business for a long time at my age, I've just turned 30, and I feel like my wife's career is going incredibly well, my kids are happy and healthy in schools, we've both been able to buy a house for our parents, respectively, in the places they live."


"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."
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