A great amount of good is always evened out by a great amount of bad. I find it's best to acknowledge that weird balance.

I'm not good at chatting right away. Women have to be very patient with me, I suppose.

You look at what interests a person and then you formulate what their opinions are, in terms of how they see the world, and how they see love and life.

Anybody that wants to walk out that door and leave home for a few months and rely on themselves instead of fate might have some interesting stories to tell.

I had done chorus before in school, but I was only trying for an easy A. I was a bass going 'dum dum da doo wop.

In my experience, the best directors I've worked with hired people for a purpose. They hire them with trust. There's not many notes. There's confidence and support.

When my senior prom was happening, I was in Malta filming 'Troy.

I think the only thing harder for a parent is having to sit down and watch you do a dying scene. I've died in three films, and my mom begs me, "Just tell me you don't die at the end."

I grew up on a farm where we had one radio station and it was all country.

I'd mortgage any house for art.

I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take photographs. But now it’s been just much more about the country stuff and soulful folk.

There are superior, spiritual laws inherent in human nature

Your personal growth, how you show up, and the ways you lead ultimately determine the success of your business and your life.

If the creation of the Universe was left up to a atheist, we would still have nothing.

It is immoral not to tell.

When you just arrive in L.A., you are in a great position, as you are fresh meat, and people will meet you and give you a chance.

You seem to forget, Miss Flinn, that this is an institution for the insane.

From the first, I made my learning, what little it was, useful every way I could.

I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. It drives men mad.' - Alexander the Great

True warriors are fierce because their training is fierce.

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.