I had a relatively tumultuous childhood.

When you release endorphins, you just feel good.

I never really had that father figure to look up to. I think that's the reason I'm so ambitious. I felt like I wasn't appreciated as a child so I wanted to prove my worth as an adult, as an actor.

I don't want to be one of those 40-something guys in L.A. still dating, still going out to clubs and chasing 21-year-olds. It's not a good look.

The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.

I'm estranged from my father and that relationship, as a young man, is incredibly important. It's probably responsible for the man I've become.

I don't think I'm destined to be the eternal bachelor.

Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before.

There's no perfect relationship. All relationships are work. If you put in the work, you'll reap the rewards.

It's a privilege to act, and you have to protect and cherish it.

Having a profile means you have to be cautious of who you let into your world, as you don't know if they're being genuine or not, but it's more that it can be a strain on your relationships.

Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

Descartes's epistemology is a special case of Aristotle's virtue ethics.

Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.

God gives us resources according to our dreams and according to our obedience. And God doesn't give those resources until we've started walking in obedience.

But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of personal Impulses and preferences.

Being with my family is very important to me, and touring is very important to me, too, because it's who I am. It's what I do.

So the first task of a police force is not to fight crime and enforce the law. It is to establish legitimacy with the law-abiding citizenry and then fight crime and enforce the law.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

I've always just wanted to play ball, that's all. I didn't want to do no interviews, because I didn't want to be bothered with reporters.

I am persuaded that 'child abuse' is no exaggeration when used to describe what teachers and priests are doing to children whom they encourage to believe in something like...eternal hell.