There's a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven't. You just do the best you can.

I'm always trying to tackle subjects that tax me and make me think. That's the key to staying young at heart. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

I just don't want to copy the current trends or do movies for teenagers. I want people to get more out of movies.

I don't look at my life too much. I'm always looking forward, not backward.

There's a saying that we use in golf: "I'd rather be lucky than good." Of course, to be lucky and good is the ideal. If you study hard, you can get good. And if you get lucky and get the proper parts for people to be able to appreciate what you're doing ... I'm sure there are many actors that are quite talented who have never been a success because they've never had the right opportunity and the right material. My mother used to think I had a guardian angel.

If a person is constantly evolving, constantly reading new material and being exposed to new material and growing in life, then you're becoming, hopefully, a more intelligent and well-rounded individual. If you're not then something's wrong and you're sliding back in the other direction.