I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played. They're all really far from who I am.

The blue collar milieu was something that I really understood and resonated with me and I thought was underrepresented in American cinema.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

If I'm not working, I really have nothing to do with it - I'm not hanging out and mixing with film people. Not that I have anything against film people; they're some of the best people around and some of the worst people around, just like in any business... they just gesticulate a little bit more.

There's nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.

You either decide to take the easy way out, which means you're only going to disappoint yourself and everybody else, or you take the risk right now of being a fool, which is the only way you'll end up being exhilarated later on when you actually watch the movie.

I swear, the bigger your muscles get, the duller you are. You become fascinated with carbs and protein and ripped abs and things that are just not interesting at all.