There's only a few directors that can do what Emmerich does on an international scale and on an action scale.

Life is too short to miss out on the beautiful things like a double cheeseburger.

I had people in my life who were insane and negative, but they taught me how not to be, how I didn't want to end up.

Someday you'll miss her like she missed you. Someday you'll need her like she needed you. Someday you'll love her and she won't love you.

I think that the divorce rate's over 50% for a reason. I don't think people are taking enough time now to really see if they can make it work and live together.

I have a theory that as nice and sweet as you can be equates to how dangerous you can be.

Everyone's a nerd inside. I don't care how cool you are.

Just relax and really say what you're actually thinking, and not what you think people want to hear.

Sometimes a thong completely betrays you.

I sort of became infatuated with soldiers. I got to know some of them and got a little perturbed with Hollywood making a spectacle out of them and making them look like they have screwed up somehow.

I auditioned for a Pepsi commercial, and I got it, and that was incredibly fun. So I thought, Well, maybe I should try this acting thing.

True prayer does not seek God’s help, but it focuses on what is good for everyday life and all of humanity.

That's the problem with revealing true truths. They make people uncomfortable. The truth should be grand and exotic, but mostly it isn't. Mostly it's uncomfortable.

Bravery breaks barriers

The longer I do my job ... the more I realize that humans lack good mirrors. It's so hard for anyone to show us how we look, and so hard for us to show anyone how we feel.

Because life is complicated and difficult. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't truly lived.

Calling can refer not only to ways of doing - meaning work - but also to ways of being.

You are the best person I've met in years, and if I'd met you in a year's time, or maybe even a few months, I know we could be happy together, but I can't give you what you need.

There is a creative spirit in you desiring to be free, and you may as well get out of its way for it will give you no peace until you do.

Keep your own house and its surroundings pure and clean. This hygiene will keep you healthy and benefit your worldly life.

I am a big believer in early intervention.