I had someone very close to me say to me that hopefully I’ll have many more ups and downs, not in just my career but in life. If you don’t have that, you’re not taking enough risks.

A good old rodeo never hurt anyone.

People hate cardio. I hate cardio. But pick the five top songs that you love. Do your cardio during these songs, and you're done. I'd say 95 percent of the time you don't even know you just did it.

Video games and computers have become babysitters for kids.

I would do 'John Carter' again tomorrow. I'm very proud of 'John Carter.' Box office doesn't validate me as a person, or as an actor.

I've always been intimidated by the technicalities of taking photos, especially with a film camera - not just a point and shoot.

I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.

I don't do the L.A. scene. I stay focused and very myopic. I don't feel I need to prove myself or be in people's faces, especially in this town.

And those Texas sunsets... I work a lot in Africa: Texas and Africa have the best sunsets on the planet, that I've ever seen.

I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.

There's that stigma about New Yorkers, how they're so mean, but in my experience it was quite the opposite. People were very genuine and very nice, even on the subway.

Maybe knowledge is as fundamental, or even more fundamental than [material] reality.

It's always been you

Nothing has or will ever be weird with us Derrick. Now that I’ve been touched by you things will never be the same.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

One of the most important rules for success is this: Every great success is the result of hundreds and thousands of small efforts and accomplishments that no one sees or appreciates.

The path to success requires you to commit.

Having each some shingles of thought well dried, we sat and whittled them.

Old paper, which my mom used to say was the smell of time itself.

If ever the church is to flourish again, one must begin by instructing the young.

I stayed in Hamburg a few more days, and during that time I received a visit from Rolf Aldag, the sporting director at T-Mobile. He advised me to tell the truth.