You look at what interests a person and then you formulate what their opinions are, in terms of how they see the world, and how they see love and life.

I'm not good at chatting right away. Women have to be very patient with me, I suppose.

Anybody that wants to walk out that door and leave home for a few months and rely on themselves instead of fate might have some interesting stories to tell.

I had done chorus before in school, but I was only trying for an easy A. I was a bass going 'dum dum da doo wop.

In my experience, the best directors I've worked with hired people for a purpose. They hire them with trust. There's not many notes. There's confidence and support.

When my senior prom was happening, I was in Malta filming 'Troy.

I think the only thing harder for a parent is having to sit down and watch you do a dying scene. I've died in three films, and my mom begs me, "Just tell me you don't die at the end."

I grew up on a farm where we had one radio station and it was all country.

I'd mortgage any house for art.

I was into punk rock back when I was in high school. I used to go around to dive venues and take photographs. But now it’s been just much more about the country stuff and soulful folk.

There's big studio films I didn't want to do. I didn't want to go through the hoops and ladders. I wouldn't have been able to work with the directors I've worked with if I did those studio films.

Every night, I laid awake with your memories flooding through my eyes with the hope to be with you when sleep arrived.

Have patience and keep working. Everything will come alright in time.

Trust compared to a valuable stone that has been shattered, cannot be restored to its original form.

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her dear dog a bone.Though the cupboard was bare, When she focused elsewhereHer heart overflowed with fun!

Homework, root canals, and deadlines are the important things in life, and only when we have these major dramas taken care of can we presume to look at the larger questions.

The changes in the Catholic Church since Vatican II can certainly be scanned in terms of this long retreat from the sacred which has followed the inception of consciousness into the human species.

The Law and the Lawgiver are one.

Go after a man's weakness, and never, ever, threaten unless you're going to follow through, because if you don't, the next time you won't be taken seriously.

Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only in the depths of thought.

Man's nature is evil; goodness is the result of conscious activity.