I feel very at home in an empty church. I feel the most protected. It's very mystical.

I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.

I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.

I wasn't dyslexic, I was just very slow. I passed my time daydreaming.

I don't represent myself as a star, but an actor who wants to make movies.

I don't care about my image.

I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.

I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache.

I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things - in the same film. Just as in my life, I can be very funny and at other times almost extinguished.

In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.

I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.

Who we are and where we want to go determines what we do now and what we accomplish over time.

He's definitely one of those men you love before you get to know.

A mother's job is not complete till she has taught and imbibed God's Words, and principles into her kids.

A story is just a convoluted lie...with some hidden truths.

Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.

I've never counted my chickens before they've hatched.

Love is a rock against the wind. Not soft like silk and lace.

Authenticity is the best route

The world is starving for a new spiritual truth - a truth that works in sustaining life, not a truth that brings an end to life.

The desert has a subtle and a cruel charm. She destroys while she enthralls.