Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments.

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.

I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse.

Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

Broken people say awful things and do incredibly absurd things.

When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.

When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'

If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life.

To become more like Jesus we must understand that the only growth we can be in charge of is our own.

To have a deeper understanding of life one must pause from looking outward and travel inward into the depths of consciousness.

I believe the nearest I've come to perfect love was with a young coal-miner when I was about 16.

Film is a director's medium, and a film set is a complicated military structure - I have to keep reminding myself to stay in my place, or all will burst into chaos.

Motivation is a lotta crap.

Time is what creates trust.

Someday our piecing together of knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas we shall either go mad or flee into the safety of a new dark age.

Courage doesn't always roar.

The ultimate end of redemption is that we worship God with our whole being and in the whole company of the redeemed.

Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.