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Directors Like William Friedkin (killer Joe), Steven Soderbergh (magic Mike) And Lee Daniels (the Paperboy) Got In Touch With Me And Wanted Me To Be Part Of Their Films. That Was A Whole New Chapter For Me. I Didn’t Chase Any Of Those Films And It Made Me Think That I Was Right To Take A Chance, Say No To The Kind Of Thing I Had Grown Tired Of Doing, And Wait Until Something Good Came Around. And It Did.

Each Of The Films, Whether It’s Magic Mike Or Dallas Buyers Club, Was A Challenge For Me. I Had To Dig Deeper. Also, My Decision To Shake Things Up Came After My First Child Was Born. I Had Taken Nearly Two Years Off And I Thought That I Would Enjoy My Time As A Dad And Wait Until Something Interesting Came Along.

Life Is Not A Popularity Contest. Take The Hill, But First Answer The Question: What Is My Hill?.

My Experience In Work, Even Going To Work With Scorsese, Is That People Always Think There's Some Magic Trick. There's No Magic Trick. The People Who Are Really Good At What They Do Do Simple Things Really, Really Well.

The Unsaid Rule For Living In A Trailer Park Is: 'if The Door's Shut, Don't Come A-knockin.' But If It's Open And You're Walkin' By, Feel Free To Say, 'hello.'