I have made a lot of mistakes.

I'm a hip-hop fan.

I want to be able to work on a project that will give people around the world the chance to represent their own people, their own culture, their own stories, rather than just Hollywood – really, you know, dominated Hollywood. And that’s a dream of mine.

I think people are frustrated in this society, where predators prey upon normal, law-abiding citizens, and you never see justice in the courtroom. In my films, the predators don’t get away with it.

For a while, I had this uncontrollable urge – this addiction to danger. Now I look back and I think, ‘Gee, what an idiot. I was risking my life just for the sensation of it.’

You can take away the money and the fame. I don’t look at myself as any of those things.

You just realize that you can’t turn a lefthand corner in a right posture without exposing some part of your body, and so it was really me just noticing the exposure I had, and it made me start doing and practicing the switching.

I think we’re living in a world where society is very difficult.

One of the reasons why people – particularly young people – love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.

I used to have a gun made every month; I would get another pistol made that I would design. I’m very into the military and police stuff like that.