[The Coen brothers] hire the same people over and over again, so there's a shorthand between all of the people they're working with.

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 true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Reason is the first victim of strong emotion, " Scytale murmured.

Blessed with the love of a good man, I felt equal to anything - even the prospect of living out my days in the Antipodes.

An empty room is a story waiting to happen, and you are the author.

We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.

I'm actually forced to write about Michigan because as a native of that state it's the place I know best.

With the NDAA, his failure to close Guantanamo Bay and the ramping use of drones, President Obama looks suspiciously like President Bush, a man on a quest for American Empire.

The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is good, valuable, strong and true

Everybody wants to be a winner. Winning for you is everything, right? Wrong, winning is the only thing!

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.