I was very uncomfortable with all the attention when it first started happening to me. I retreated quite a bit from the world, both physically and emotionally. But then you just accept that you can't control what the rest of the world thinks or does.

I have always done my own stunts, and I have been in hundreds of fights in films, but I have never been in a fist fight outside the movies.

There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.

Surfing is like golf: You're always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It's magic.

Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.

My real-life athletic career was not very much. I played Little League baseball.

I don't have a grand strategy for my career. I just look for good material, and good stories. I look for good scripts.