Boxing is a place where, if you haven't done the training, that's going to be exposed very quickly.

I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter,' and he overcame a lot of obstacles to do it, and now the film is an unqualified success.

When I do a movie, I have the script. I know how it begins and how it ends. I know what my character does and where he's going. If I have ideas I want to express or changes I want to make, there's one guy: the director. It's different in television.

I love boxing, and boxing has always been my favorite sport. I was always into it, and I boxed recreationally all of my life.

I've always believed my success in the entertainment business is an inevitability. You have to believe that; you have to be an optimist.

I had always wanted to play a boxer, all of my life. I grew up watching great boxing films.

I would say that one of the really special gifts about playing an athlete is that it's the best motivation you'll ever have to get in top shape and stay in top shape because you know that you're going to be expected to deliver.