It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.

Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse

On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is -- can you win or lose like a man?

The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall.

Drinking and smoking grass were a part of my life as far back as I can remember.

I found that speaking live to people, young people, about what I liked and what had been happening to me was very good for me. I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.

[Ocean's Thirteen] is a great group, and it was an opportunity to work with Steven Soderbergh. But mainly? It was shot in L.A. and I want to be next to my kids. So I've been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.