If you sat down and you wrote a script, you may write something that's way beyond what you've ever seen me do, but if you thought of me to do it, I would be flattered to be asked to do something other than be wise.

I think you take a job, you owe it as much passion as the job itself demands. And most jobs demand that you be totally committed.

I've always been really hot on westerns. All my life growing up, cowboy, cowboy, cowboy.

I was lucky in that when the opportunity came, I was prepared to meet it.

If you're comfortable on a horse, you're comfortable on a horse. It's like being on a motorbike.

These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.

If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.