We want to have movies be seen. So, first and foremost, what's the world? So we can get it onto a big screen.

I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.

I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.

Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.

I have a bad sweet tooth. I'm pretty good when I have to eat well for work, but otherwise, I could eat a whole roll of raw cookie dough.

I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.

I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.

I want to be a good human being.

In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.

I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romantic at the time, but if you can't afford power you're pretty broke. You endure it.

Only imagination and belief can differentiate from the rest certain objects, certain people, and can create an atmosphere.

Books are more honest than the world. If you want to understand people, listen to what they make up.

I've seen the consequences of what can happen when you're unprepared for a fight, or not as prepared as your opponent.

The next level, by definition, is something you can't see and you can't understand.

There si nothing upon the face of the earth so insipid as a medium. Give me love or hate! A friend that will go to jail for me, or an enemy that will run me through the body!

Money is nothing more than a tool. It can be a force for good, a force for evil, or simply idle.

Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you.

willing me to understand: that people should be sacrificed to causes, that beauty can be built on the backs of the dead.

Sam- I didn't know you had a last name I thought you were like Iman or Madonna or Beyonce. You just needed the one name. Dekka- Yeah sure, me and Beyonce

If you're single, then I'm single?" What's that supposed to be? Lyrics to a pop song?