I'm glad to be an actor to be employed by people who are now 12, probably. I look forward to that.

I really want to be a part of those movies that say something good to a lot of people.

I'm an actor because I love movies, and always have loved movies. I'm a film buff. So, getting to work with those kinds of directors and getting to tell those stories is what I want to do.

Basically, Beautiful Creatures was the first lead that I had since Tetro, and it was a lesson in seeing what it's like to film a movie that's of a much bigger scale. It was a good initiation.

The last three movies I've done, I played a cowboy, then I played a soldier, and now I play Han Solo. So the little kid in me is having a real joyride.

For me, the drive is storytelling. To be a part of an art that tells a story and to be a catalyst, a color in that, is very exciting.

You get bummed out, and then you go, "Oh! Now I get to go buy a present for myself." That kind of helps.

I feel about romance the same way I do about a vocation; it's a calling.

I buy myself a present whenever I don't get a role that I really wanted.

So many times you can't get a foot in the door unless you're already in the room.

The idea of it [Star Wars] is really exciting, but the most fun part is the actual job you get to do: the character that you get to play, the people that you work with, the day-to-day experience.

If they're not going to respect you, then they best damn well fear you.

I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

If more people could read, write, and comprehend, we could be much closer to solving so many of the other problems our country faces today.

It is likely I will die next to a pile of things I was meaning to read.

Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality.

Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.

I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside [...] I'm really a shy guy.

Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.

I've got two young kids. I don't know what the future holds.