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

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?

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.

Every movie has its own unique series of challenges.

Caterpillar dun' become butterfly-caterpillar die so butterfly can be. A new thing. We all must let ourselves die to be what we will be. But we cling to what we know.

It feels good being a restaurant owner because it's part of my dreams of being the biggest mogul.

I'm not a real sports guy, but I check ESPN.com just so I know what people are talking about.

Forget the past - the future will give you plenty to worry about.

... our little things are all big to God's love; our big things are all small to His power.

The future of retail is the integration of Internet and digital services with the retail network.

Jazz is about freedom within discipline.

We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.

No matter how tired I am, when a great song comes on, I'm full of energy.

Most attorneys practice law because it gives them a grand and glorious feeling. You give them a grand - and they feel glorious.