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I was always in trouble. I was mischievous. And movies were always a part of my world.

My earliest experience was reading Edward Albee's 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' at 8, you know, with a bunch of kids on my steps - on the stoops - and knowing that I wanted to direct them saying the lines. I don't really know how to articulate that 'cause there wasn't someone to show me.

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My dad was a cop. My mom worked at various jobs - she worked as a homemaker, a bank teller, a bartender.

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Theater was always in the backdrop. Nursing was a way to pay the bills. I wasn't a nurse; I had a nursing agency.

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I had 'Push' and 'The Paperboy' next to my bed for many years. Those are some of the great, great novels.

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I think this last film I finished, 'The Butler,' is the closest I will come to as a work-for-hire.

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I love actors, and I'm very protective of them. I trust them. It's a mutual trust.

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I look at my movies; I call my movies 'the kid.' It's like I'm giving birth. I'm in the cocoon, you know?

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The rules are: The only ego is the film, and you have to serve the film.

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I'm still pulled over... We were nominated for two Oscars for 'Monster's Ball,' and I almost didn't make the Oscars because I got pulled over in Beverly Hills.

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