I did my first film with Francis Ford Copploa which spoiled the hell out of me.

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.

Virtue can only flourish among equals.

I feel like I've got this anti-marriage thing, but it's less that and more I'm overthinking it to get it right.

We all more or less consciously note this. We cannot help observing that all serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.

The more advanced the teacher, the better for you. The fifth degree black belt is so expert that they will understand that you're a beginner and throw you perfectly so that no harm will befall you.

Genius ... is necessarily intolerant of fetters.

Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.

I bought all my friends guitars and I had a good time with my money. But then one day the IRS came knocking.

There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all that the good advertising will do is put you out of business faster.

At some point, there would simply be no point.

We need to get insurance out of the way and let the consumer interact with their doctor the way they did basically before World War II.