I need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I am challenged. It is like playing sports - surfing, basketball, it doesn't matter what it is, if you play with people who are better than you, then you get better too. It is the same thing with acting.

My parents never looked at my acting as a career. They saw it as a way to help provide for the household.

I'm one of those people that think certain things happen at certain times for all the right reasons.

You have to make smart decisions, but you never know what will happen in the future.

Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.

Everyone has an opinion.

It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of.