As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go.

I think a lot of us can relate to not choosing to face a painful memory, and something that's a painful past, and wanting to pretend like it never happened.

I approach directing from an actor's standpoint.

I love directing; it felt right to me when I did 'Flying Lessons'. It's something I will do again. Really, you can always be working and developing. That's something that's kind of ever constant.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.

I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.

I've been an actor since I was a kid.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

You are not a real thinker if your thoughts haven't landed you in trouble yet

Learn to stand for something right even if you are the only one standing for it.

Trouble and prayer are closely related. . . . Trouble often drives men to God in prayer while prayer is but the voice of men in trouble.

There is a strain of loneliness infecting many Christians, which only the presence of God can cure.

Islam has always been part of America

You can't soar like an eagle and crap like a canary.

A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.

The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.

Falling in love with Renee was not the kind of thing you walk away from in one piece. I had no chance. She put a hitch in my git-a-long.

Grow the lawn and mow the lawn always keep the TV on, brush your teeth and kill the germs, poison apples, poison worms.