I owe the little formal education I got to my drama teacher, Mr. Pickett, who got us to read Shakespeare, Moliere, and other classics.

I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories.

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

We all have one, in one form or another. To me, this dragon is both the wild nature of ourselves and our conscience in his embodiment of the Old Code ethical behavior and morality. At the same time, he's our unconscious, the place from which our dreams arise. I just spoke my lines to the dragon within me.

What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots.

I was a really avid bowler when I was a teenager. I had about a 210-220 average. I had blisters on my fingers.

I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do.