I just don't want to repeat the same thing over and over again, so I'm always looking for something that's going to be challenging and make me nervous every time I start a project.

It's like, to me, acting is like a child walking in the park, the better the actor, the greater the playground he has.

I’d say a man is someone who is honest, strong-minded, moral, genuine, just a good human being.

I would add a little more love in the world. It's ridiculous, I know, but it is one thing I would do.

Fun. I'm not the kind of guy kids picked on in school, but I've seen it happen. I've never really given much thought to being cool. I don't really think about it one way or the other.

I just want to make sure I'm contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous.

One day, I'll stop making weird faces in pictures. But not today.

My whole family is in orthotics and prosthetics, so I grew up having to check for scoliosis every week. 'Come over. Let me feel your spine.

Life is a rollercoaster ride and I don't intend on being the one screaming and hanging on for dear life.

I don't really look around and say, 'I've made it.' I just look around and think how fortunate I am to work with the people I'm working with.

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger.

We must stop being the stupid party.

In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.

What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't always agreeable or attractive.

A courageous man prefers death to the surrender of self-respect.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

How loving is the Lord God and how strong withal!

I never felt like I was on solid ground, emotionally.

For everyone, there are those moments when you have great days with someone you wouldn't expect to. Then you have to go back to your real lives, but it makes an impression on you.