Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.

I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.

It's hard to kill that father-son bond.

I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

I used to eat a whole chicken every day, for lunch. I did that for four years. But it got tiring - go to the store, buy it, eat it. It’s a mess.

Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable.

In 'thinking up' music I usually have some kind of a brass band with wings on it in back of my mind.

While I encourage people to save 100% down for a home, a mortgage is the one debt that I don't frown upon.

It was like stepping on to an escalator; I could do anything. I was just made for science.

It's really inspiring to know that your publisher is so behind you. It makes you want to put forth your best work.

May the Lord level in the dust those who would deprive the people of their liberty.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.

I think in general I've never dared compose in Spanish. First of all, it is such an intricate language.

An ordinary visit to a beautiful garden always creates an extraordinary time!

I don't want to sound like everybody else.