You make the choice. You look at each scene and you make sure that this is not a person deceiving people.

You need someone to tell you how to do things like hitting your marks, or driving a car so it looks right or getting out of a car so it doesn't take a million years of screen time.

I miss everything about Chicago, except January and February.

I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.

Let’s focus on where you could end up, not where you were or are.

I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.

You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.

Being able to fantasize for a couple of days at being a rock singer surpassed most things I've done on stage.

I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though.

I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going.

Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.

This was long before the term 'single-parent family' came into use

There's no greater service to this country than the defense of its freedom.

If you're a writer, you just keep following the path - keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you.

Growing up, being a rapper wasn't my goal, but it became my destination.

Breathing deeply and releasing fear will help you get to where you want to be.

The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue

Whomever it is you were born to be, whatever your soul was coded to accomplish, whatever lessons you were born to learn, now is the time to get serious and get going.

Masturbation is nothing to be ashamed of. It's nothing to be particularly proud of, either.

I can now successfully drive a stick. That's a huge accomplishment.

I get more emails and calls when it comes to money than probably any other single person on television when it comes to money.