I'm conflicted with theater in the city because you want to reach a diverse audience, and that audience doesn't typically go to the theater.

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.

I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.

It's hard to kill that father-son bond.

I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

I used to eat a whole chicken every day, for lunch. I did that for four years. But it got tiring - go to the store, buy it, eat it. It’s a mess.

Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable.

If you want good luck

There's a mess inside you: You clean the outside.

I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce.

Virtue is no empty echo.

One can sometimes do good by being the right person in the wrong place.

My biggest dream is to be able to be in a movie or some great TV show where I get to dance, and it's about a contemporary dancer of some kind.

Light and subject is inseparable. But when it is well integrated, it becomes the work of a fine masterpiece.

You have to have a very well-balanced life to be able to perform very well.

Most fan have been like, "You're a monster, you give me nightmares, don't talk to me."