Every movie has its own unique series of challenges.

I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.

You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just be open to anything.

Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.

There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bob, that we went to him.

You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the better - and unfortunately TV is designed not to let you redesign yourself.

It's always funny to me how your movie becomes no longer yours and people interpret it how they want and react how they want to react to it, and it's fun to kind of watch that happen.

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?

Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out.

We're both [with Mark Wahlberg] capable of being sarcastic, vicious, violent lunatics, but we hold each other in check, appeal to the best aspects of each other.

I played rugby most of my life and then I switched to snowboarding, which provided me a lot of inspiration.

Words are how we think; stories are how we link.

I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man -- public opinion.

I don't have anything to say in any picture.

I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.

I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine

I always believed that I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there.

I would like to go fishing and catch a fish stick. That would be convenient. I could easily get a job at Mrs. Paul's.

For the faithful, our finest hours are sometimes during or just following our darkest hours.

From the moment that you don't fear to share your heart, you are a free person.