In New Orleans, where I'm from, the average household income, with two working parents, two kids, a dog and a little fence is $16,000 a year, so $15,000 for a movie sounds pretty good.

You never see girls running after engineers.

If I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.

I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.

I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are.

If you want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a good movie. If you don't want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a 'Twilight' movie.

Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.

I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken.

Every time I get mad, I grab my hammer and make a bookshelf or something.

If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.

People don't come to Marvel movies for personal life subplots, no.

Marriage is holy and it's private.

Imagination, like reality, has its limits.

Discouragement is the cancer of great things.

If we cannot be defending our borders in person, we be a person the forces are proud to protect.

It's more important for me to feel content than to be famous.

Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.

There was one time I wrestled two boys and I beat them both! They weighed a lot less than I did and I think they didn't want to hurt a girl, so I don't know if I really won - I'd like to think I did.

Every city in the world always has a gang, a street gang, or the so-called outcasts.

I'm always repeating myself. You never just do a scene once, you do it an insane amount of times.

It's maybe a good thing to try to make music that feels reassuring in some ways - something that's got a good feeling, a good vibe about it.