If I'm Going To See My Mom,

Movies Are So Hard To Get Made - Every Step Of The Way Of Making A Movie Has Obstacles. If You Don't Have That Passion, If You Don't Have That Vision, If You Don't Believe It's A Piece Of Art Worth Making, Then You Probably Won't Get It Made - You Won't Have A Chance For It To Be Something Special.

It's Not Worth It, It's Not About Money, Especially When You're Dealing With A Culture. It Should Be About Elevating The Idea Of What We Are And Who We Are As People In The Cinema, And That Kind Of Stuff Keeps Dragging Us Back Down.

I Don't Think I've Seen That Sort Of Character In A Long Time In This Genre Because Again, There Was A Time When You Could Have Quirky, Strange Characters That You Grew To Love, You Didn't Quite Understand, You Know, And Then All Of A Sudden They Became Almost Cardboard Cutouts For Awhile. You Kind Of Know The Guy, What His Deal Is - This Guy's Hard To Figure Out. He Has Some Strange Habits, But, You Learn To Love Him And You Discover More About Him, Where It Comes From.

The Violence You Witness Is Denzel Doing It And We're Taking Some Visual Effects And Doing Some Things And You See Something Happen It's Happening In Front Of You As Opposed To Cutting Away And Doing A Bunch Of Tricks. It's In Front Of You. So It's Hard Not To Make It A Hard "r" If You See A Guy Get Punched And Teeth Wind Up In Someone's Knuckles.

How Do You Capture The Drama Of A Rembrandt Painting In A Movie? How Do You Feel That Moment That They Captured In Two Hours? I Kind Of Fell Into It And At One Point, I Decided I Wanted To Live An Art Life; I Wanted To Tell Stories. I Came To New York, And Did What Most People Do - You Become A Pa And Run And Get Coffee And Pay Your Dues And Learn Until Your Opportunity Comes.