I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script.

As far as carrying the American banner, you just do what's right for the kids.

I don't watch any of my own movies, but I love going to the movies. To me, there is nothing more relaxing or gratifying than sitting down in the dark and having some popcorn and watching a great movie.

You cant act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right.

I've tried writing. Two days later I'd go visit it and say, Jesus Christ, who wrote this crap?

I learned a long time ago: You're in the entertainment business. You're not in the reality business. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.

In a sense, all actors are character actors, because we're all playing different characters. But a lot of the time - and I don't know, because I'm not a writer - but writers a lot of times write second- and third-tier characters better than they write primary characters. I guess they're more fun.