I always loved doing productions in school. In college, I started getting a little more serious.

Intimidation is 99 percent in the intimidatee's head.

It was fun shooting with Josh [Holloway], not just how great he is, but just how handsome he is.

Sports and politics are basically all I really care about or talk about.

Anything government or politics is always exciting for me.

Every actor wants to do more, because you always think you can improve it.

Shia [LaBeouf] was great. He's just high energy. He's into really playing, and I had to be on my toes in a way that I wasn't necessarily expecting.

When you're not gaping at Megan Fox enough to listen to what the director's saying, you can get some work done.

Hugh Laurie was intimidating, but he's the greatest guy. He's so wonderful and smart and funny and serious, and he sets the bar high. So if I was scared, it's because I wasn't measuring up.

I guess actors don't like to direct each other.

It can be easy and comfortable on the set and you don't go anywhere, or it can be a stress machine and all of a sudden it's a hit.

There is the past, and there is the future. The present is never more than the single second dividing one from the other. We live poised on that second as it's hurtling forward—toward what?

My home is in heaven. I’m just passing through this world.

Immature poets imitate mature poets steal.

You don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.

Let us not unlearn what we have already learned

Directing is all about storytelling. It's not about equipment, or anything else.

Everybody has a line. It doesn't matter how you're dressed onstage or what you say in your songs, that doesn't give anybody the right to invade your personal space.

Never allow yourself to get caught without a loose million handy.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

There's a responsibility level that comes along with being a public figure. I can use this for really cool things. That really [allows] me to be very honest about my experiences.