I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.

I directed a movie back in the '90s which had calf roping in it, and I got into it quite a bit back then.

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.

I'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.

What they will do is, you know the tabloids. They'll take one element of a story that may be true and they'll build everything around it. Take a picture and invent a story around it.

If we never felt sorrow, we'd never recognize bliss.

I would like my kids to follow their bliss.