Acting was never my first choice as a profession, but I came to terms with it when I decided I better buckle down and be the best I can be at it.

I don't mind getting punched in the nose by a guy standing in front of me. It's getting stabbed in the back that I can't handle.

I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.

[The tension] between the Christians and Muslims goes back to the Crusades, doesn't it? It's too easy to blame everything on one guy. These are unpredictable, dangerous times, and I don't think that anyone really knows quite what to do.

I wanted to change my name to Romeo Florentino. Romeo Florentino - that's a good fighter's name.

I had gotten injured during the boxing, and I was supposed to take several months off because I'd had a couple of concussions, and so I sort of just left the boxing and got into the acting by accident.

Evan Rachel Wood is the best actress I've ever worked with, hands down.