Coming from a barely clothed childhood as a swimmer makes me really comfortable with my body.

It's hard to go with a trend. As soon as it's out, everyone picks it up. It's important to stay true to yourself. Have fun with fashion instead of letting it dictate.

I thought, 'If I'm going to die, I'm going to videotape it.' So I got out my little video recorder and was taping goodbyes to my family.

I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.

Canadians have this weird way about them where we really stick together.

I really appreciate the sport background because the structure and the discipline that that gives a person is incredible, and it just carries with you wherever you go.

Yeah, I've had an odd youth, But I wouldn't know the difference if I'd lived it any other way. And I wouldn't change any of it because I quite like what I'm doing.

I think acting is definitely the most fulfilling, because it's the most challenging in my mind.

I like to go out and see what a city's all about.

I kept my clothes on. I borrowed money.

You really don't do anything else in your life; it's a very little bubble that you grow up in. And you have to live in that bubble because of the intensity of the sport.

I mean, if you're asking a fellow to come out of a room so that you can dismember him with a carving knife, it's absurd to tack a 'sir' on to every sentence. The two things don't go together.

Health is wealth but wealth is not health

I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.

It's really hard to make a living as a musician. It's almost impossible.

If you think you can't, why think

The key to success is not purely who's the smartest, who's the best, but also who can say with conviction, "I deserve it." The entire concept is wrapped up in one phrase: "Why not me?

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.

What I desire most of you, my son, is never to gamble or swear. These are baneful vices.

You can have fun with a son, But you got to be a father to a girl.

There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain't a thing.