Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.

Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people.

In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.

If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.

I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.

It's hard to kill that father-son bond.

I loved being in the Marine Corps, I loved my job in the Marine Corps, and I loved the people I served with. It's one of the best things I've had a chance to do.

I used to eat a whole chicken every day, for lunch. I did that for four years. But it got tiring - go to the store, buy it, eat it. It’s a mess.

Acting, to me, has been many things: It's a business, and it's a craft, and it's a political act - it's whatever adjective is most applicable.

Its better not to be born than falling in love.

Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment.

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he can blame it on.

Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.

I really think it's a white, bourgeois idea to pretend that you don't have influences. It seems to be the obsession strictly of white people in college.

When shooting in the dark, it is a good idea to use a machine gun.

Truth is that which cannot be proved false.

Work harder, work longer, and earn less because the mafia needs your money.

Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?

To be more precise, it's ethics and liberation, and as a consequence there is an ethics of liberation.