My parents used to do these little film festivals in our house where we'd watch all the Marx Brothers movies, or Chaplin movies, and a lot of westerns.

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.

The absence of specific knowledge about success is the reason why your journey along the path to success has been halted

The bottom-line is, that nothing should affect your bottom-line.

To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.

I can't drink a wine if it has an ugly label.

I write a lot by sound. One sound leads me to another. These sounds aren't random; they have their own logic.

I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian.

The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success.

[Their love] had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent.

There's no drug that'll make a stupid man smart.

If I choose to come in this ring and walk over here and stand infront of the bald wonder twins and beat the living crap out of you, I can.