But even a kid, directing was something that I did. I made short films in school. I feel like I've been in the best film school in the world.

I really want to be a part of those movies that say something good to a lot of people.

I'm an actor because I love movies, and always have loved movies. I'm a film buff. So, getting to work with those kinds of directors and getting to tell those stories is what I want to do.

Basically, Beautiful Creatures was the first lead that I had since Tetro, and it was a lesson in seeing what it's like to film a movie that's of a much bigger scale. It was a good initiation.

The last three movies I've done, I played a cowboy, then I played a soldier, and now I play Han Solo. So the little kid in me is having a real joyride.

For me, the drive is storytelling. To be a part of an art that tells a story and to be a catalyst, a color in that, is very exciting.

You get bummed out, and then you go, "Oh! Now I get to go buy a present for myself." That kind of helps.

I feel about romance the same way I do about a vocation; it's a calling.

I buy myself a present whenever I don't get a role that I really wanted.

So many times you can't get a foot in the door unless you're already in the room.

The idea of it [Star Wars] is really exciting, but the most fun part is the actual job you get to do: the character that you get to play, the people that you work with, the day-to-day experience.

Forgiveness means letting go of the hope for a better past.

Is his work vengeance? Or Justice? There is the finest line between the two and when i try to focus on it, it becomes less and less clear.

Things can be funny when people are uneasy. It softens them up and stops them falling asleep on the sofa. I like those moments where people half-smile and half-wince.

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.

Cold winds are disagreeable, hot winds enervating, moist winds unhealthy.

I want to make big-sounding pop records.

But it's about health, not forcing my body to be something it's not meant to be.

That's our charge as ancestors of unborn generations: to once again become free.

The only limit to success is your own imagination.

Action is always seen as the bottom rung of thespian endeavour, that's just the way it is.