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.

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What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive.

What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive.

To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story...

To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story...

Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive...

Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive...

I've been in this business for a long time at my age, I've just turned...

I've been in this business for a long time at my age, I've just turned...

It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never...

It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never...

There's always difficulties and challenges in every life, I don't care how much money you...

There's always difficulties and challenges in every life, I don't care how much money you...

But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people...

But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people...

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

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

I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker.

I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker.

I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to...

I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to...

I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie...

I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie...

LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because...

LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because...

To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me.

To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me.

I won't make a movie for money ever again.

I won't make a movie for money ever again.

I learn so much more in an ensemble movie.

I learn so much more in an ensemble movie.

My sisters are my favorite people on earth.

My sisters are my favorite people on earth.

Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then...

Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then...

Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But...

Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But...

The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or...

The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or...

Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break...

Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break...