Yeah, yeah, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye type of thing. There's that kind of irreverence to it the humor and in the reality of what's really going on that plays into this movie.

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.

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All the dreams I'd allowed myself to imagine were nothing but pages swept away by the wind.

When life is lost, all is lost.

I think women are taught to ask permission about everything. We don't realize that we are entitled and we do have a say in our lives.

Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

Do the impossible, because almost everyone has told me my ideas are merely fantasies.

If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you.

I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.

I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.

I always thought it would never happen. And then, it became possible. In between commissions, I wrote it as an original screenplay [Allied].