I make films and do the publicity and interviews, but then I want to get away from it all and be on my own.

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 philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it.

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.

I think that I just need to work with great directors and actors, people who are better than me, so that I am challenged.

I'm not affected by violence the way some people are. I don't know why, but I enjoy that intensity.

I find it hard to take chances that might mean making bad decisions.