People know I love to shoot action and that I'm not afraid of emotion.

I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.

You know to me, being a good actor, the most important quality is you've got to love to play, and to just be open to anything.

Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose.

There's a picture of the real Coach Gary Gaines in the book and he's sitting in the locker room after a game, and he just looks so much like Billy Bob, that we went to him.

You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the better - and unfortunately TV is designed not to let you redesign yourself.

It's always funny to me how your movie becomes no longer yours and people interpret it how they want and react how they want to react to it, and it's fun to kind of watch that happen.

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

What kind of town do we want in the future, and how are we going to plan on that?

Hollywood is not stupid, contrary to popular belief; it's really a lot of intelligent people trying to figure things out.

We're both [with Mark Wahlberg] capable of being sarcastic, vicious, violent lunatics, but we hold each other in check, appeal to the best aspects of each other.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity you must be respectable; even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

We're all used to seeing pretty people. I want to see real people.

I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano

Prophets have a way of dying by violence.

Like any creative human being, I would like a bit more control so that it would be a little easier for me when the director says, 'One tear, right now,' that one tear would pop out.

In every landscape should reside jewels of abstract art waiting to be discovered.

Get out of your head and get into your heart. Think less, feel more.

The best explanation why people agree is that they have converged on true answers.

Most young people today prefer just to move in together and stay together as long, but no longer, as satisfaction lasts.