What's funny is that male strippers don't wear thongs anymore. They wear flat backs.

It's tricky when I'm constantly traveling and adjusting to new time zones and trying to also keep up with my workouts.

David Ayer was put on my map, at that point, and I always kept note and clocked his career. When he started directing, I saw Harsh Times, I saw Street Kings and I saw End of Watch. I gave my agents a list of directors that I wanted to work with, and at the top of that list was David. I wanted to have that experience.

I did [Henrik] Ibsen and [Anton] Chekhov for years. Obviously I didn't get the kind of recognition I have now. Somebody once told me, "You ride the horse the direction it's going."

Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.

I'm an average guy. I wasn't the dude who was gonna sit at the stage and dump all my paycheck into the girl.

I screen tested for Training Day many years ago, which was David Ayer's script with Antoine Fuqua directing.