There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I'm responsible.

We, in America, love a story - we need a story to get involved in. But then everything becomes more about how the story protects a certain perception as we pick sides.

I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination.

The scouts [in "Moneyball"] could lend an authenticity that's even beyond what we had on the page.

Perhaps we don't need these religious concoctions to pillow the fear of death. Just the fact that there is an unknown, and something greater, can bring a feeling of peace. That's enough for me.

I'm most comfortable with the Southern dialects, really. It's easy, for example, for me to do Irish because we've got Irish heritage where I come from.

Gay marriage is inevitable. The next generation, they get it. It is just a matter of time before it becomes a reality.