Actor

A good director is like a good coach. You want to play for him. You want to really show him your good stuff. You don't want to let that person down. Ridley Scott is one of those guys.

There's a bigger percentage of good cops than bad cops. But the bad cops should be penalised like regular people.

One of my first real parts was 'Crash' - that won the Oscar.

When I did 'Crash,' to be honest with you, it was just another acting job. I just wanted to do as good as I possibly could.

I want to become more successful.

I'm super grateful, and whenever somebody offers me something, and I'm doing it, I always try to give 110%.

When you finish a drama, you go, 'I can't wait to do a comedy.' When you finish a comedy, you go, 'I want to do a dramedy, dark humor.'

I'd love to work with Woody Allen.

I was in L.A., like, four months, and I got my first part. Then I was like, 'OK, I'm staying.'

I loved WWF as a kid.

I have really good managers and agents who are very selective in what they send me.

There's a certain weird something. I'm always nervous when I spar. You learn it's going to hurt, but it's only going to hurt for a little bit. It brings out the animal in you to an extent. You learn what you can take.

I've been an actor for 20 years, and I think the first 14 years, it was all struggling. At first, it was all gangsters.

I went to a prep school in Chicago, and my dad and mom worked really hard - even though we lived in the ghetto - to get me to there. A lot of it had to do with 'Stand and Deliver' and 'Dead Poet's Society.' It does help you. It inspires you. It definitely did for me.

My brother and my father both got laid off around the same that I was starting to do this movie 'Chavez.' And at the same time, it was when all the bailouts were happening.

I grew up in the ghetto, and the thing is when there were problems, I knew when to get away.

I think about where I grew up and how I grew up: my dad was making $25,000 a year. Taking a chance wasn't really taking a chance. It was like you were going for something better. To me, there wasn't that much risk involved.

I used to tour with this band. I was a drummer. I would tour a bunch for about 10 months out of the year and act for about two months. I would make what I needed from acting and would stretch it out.

I saw Gosling just kill it in 'Blue Valentine.' I thought he was just amazing at that, and I wouldn't mind maybe doing something like that.

I didn't realise I lived in the ghetto until we moved out.