Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course.

It's definitely safer to be single, especially with this cottage industry that's devoted to extorting celebrities.

There have to be more important things going on in the world than my past.

I exposed people to magic. I exposed them to something they're never otherwise going to see in their boring, normal lives. And I gave that to them. I may forget about them tomorrow, but they'll live with that memory for the rest of their lives. And that's a gift, man.

You can have rules at home that are different from the rest of the world's as long as you're not hurting anyone.

Defeat is not an option. Period. The End.

Early on, I used to think it was really cool and macho to jump out of the car and tackle the bad guy. But then when you see the stunts in the movie, you realize it could've been a lady in a poncho.