Hopefully, that people could see a progression in my performances because that's how it's always felt to me.

Work is my hobby, staying sober is my job.

I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.

I've calmed down, certainly, from the days of being 18, but I'm still having a good time.

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I really wanted to do, you know, a performance. I don't want to allow my image to rule the choices that I make.

If you can help guide somebody through a challenging moment because you've been there, that ends up becoming a great gift.

I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about.

My mom put me in a Pampers commercial on TV.

As you get older you learn some balance and mediation in your life - that's where I am right now. I feel pretty comfortable about things.

I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby.

The extreme always seems to make an impression.

Patriots must have the ideas and the tools so that we can recruit, sow the seeds of doubt, and take the fight to the enemy's safe place.

Winter is not a season in the North Middlewest

I used to hate looking in the mirror. I've grown up into myself and now I'm happy with the way I look.

I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get up in the morning.

I've never read an article of clothing.

Too many people confuse being serious with being solemn.

What turns ordinary people into overachievers is the way they use their minds when they are called on to perform.

To be able to play Jack Kerouac or Sal Paradise, it's mad to me.

I've been very lucky as far as the things that I've picked, and the way they've worked out. I try to pass on stuff that looks like it's gonna be a bad time.

Faith is the highest passion in a man.