When I was doing 'Generation Kill' in Africa I worked with five really super-trained Navy SEALs who taught us all these moves like how to disarm people: if there's a bar fight and someone's got a chair or there's someone with a gun behind our head, how to disable them and take them down in a swift move.

I had so many older brothers who beat up on me, so I'm a tough kid. I love mixed martial arts, weapons training, guns, knives, driving fast cars and motorcycles.

I always tried to make it a goal to relieve some of the stress my mother went through. I applied myself to school very diligently. I wanted to go out of state so I wouldn't have to depend on my mother.

I love competition. I thrive on it. I love being able to win the room over before even walking through the door.

You could do a hundred projects and still not have the fans that are there for Twilight.

As long as I can wear something that's not too tight, I can move in it, it's not too thick, and I can breathe, it's great.

I probably have more friends from 'Twilight' than I've ever had in my whole life.