Most of my career I've spent really nervous. Just about work, getting work and having it in.

I wasn't trying to do a play or do what Kevin Spacey did. I was trying to do my own thing with it.

Youth is an amazing thing: I think back on when we did The Lost Boys, and I didn't think I could do anything wrong.

If your ethics in the military, in your training, is going to be counterminded by a one-hour weekly television show we've got a really big problem.

When Julia and I broke up and I was really scared to go into a market or anywhere because I thought, Oh God, everyone must hate me. And that wasn't the case. People said, I'm sorry this happened, man. Are you alright?

Commander I believe in God and his son Jesus Christ and because I do I can say this. Private Santiago is dead and that is a tragedy. But he is dead because he had no code. He is dead because he had no honor. And God was watching.

When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I dont have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies.