I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.

I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.

I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.

Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.

I have a bad sweet tooth. I'm pretty good when I have to eat well for work, but otherwise, I could eat a whole roll of raw cookie dough.

I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.

I want to be a good human being.

In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.

I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romantic at the time, but if you can't afford power you're pretty broke. You endure it.

I don't change. The things around me change.

All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academics, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all off which limit it to a fake learnedness.

The only one that believes in you, is you. Don't lean on how others see you to find belief in yourself.

I was just so lucky with 'Real Women Have Curves.' At that point, I would have done an insurance commercial. I would have done anything.

Though it has no thought of keeping watch, it's not for naught that the scarecrow stands in the grain field.

Who is this Monet whose name sounds just like mine and who is taking advantage of my notoriety?

In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.

In advanced practice there is a sense of commitment to the study. It is happy; it's never forced. It is a natural evolutionary process of an evolved being.

I have been shown in darkness, light [and] have learned that, even in prison, one can be free.

No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin.

We have to have more consideration for people who have lesser means than we do. It is a problem of survival.