I'm never going to be like, "Oh, this attention from women sucks." It's flattering 99 percent of the time.

A good old rodeo never hurt anyone.

People hate cardio. I hate cardio. But pick the five top songs that you love. Do your cardio during these songs, and you're done. I'd say 95 percent of the time you don't even know you just did it.

Video games and computers have become babysitters for kids.

I would do 'John Carter' again tomorrow. I'm very proud of 'John Carter.' Box office doesn't validate me as a person, or as an actor.

I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot.

I had someone very close to me say to me that hopefully I’ll have many more ups and downs, not in just my career but in life. If you don’t have that, you’re not taking enough risks.

I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.

I don't do the L.A. scene. I stay focused and very myopic. I don't feel I need to prove myself or be in people's faces, especially in this town.

And those Texas sunsets... I work a lot in Africa: Texas and Africa have the best sunsets on the planet, that I've ever seen.

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

... I'll tell her about Tia. I'll tell her how beautiful she was and how brave. And I'll tell her the most important thing of all: that her mother loved her better than her life.

Biologists will teach us that the survival of the species depends on cooperation, not competition.

My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.

You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels.

What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

I'm no good at describing my books. 'Holes' has been out now for seven years, and I still can't come up with a good answer when asked what that book is about.

He had found many years ago before that if you kept very quiet people filled in the silences themselves,offering more information than they had originally intended to give.

A lot of people go to the movies wanting the movie to be about feelings, and it's really not about that. Or rather it's about feelings in the abstract.

Inspiration comes only to those who seek it with humility toward their own achievements and reverence toward the achievements of God.