As an actor, you're pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people's words off of a page and doing what they want you to do.

I’m not as cool as you think I think I might be – and the most important things in my life are God, love and peace. Everything else is b.s. And art’s kind of important, too.

Thrillers are my favorite. I like stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat or maybe makes you jump.

The more romance novelists that are out there, making romanticized ideas of vampirism for the kids, the more people want to see a real action movie, putting the bad guys where they belong, as the bad guys, and looking for a hero to come along and defend our very souls.

I literally was famous before I knew my own name.

Whereas I used to get depressed or neurotic or dwell on things, I see my son's bright eyes and smile in the morning, and suddenly, I don't feel like I'm depressed anymore. There's nothing to be depressed about when you've got that.

I'd say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.