I don't think I'm in any position to give anybody advice about anything.

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.

Discipline for me is about respect. It's not even about self-respect; it's about respect for life and all it offers.

The greatest thing my dad taught me came from when I called him from a phone booth and said, 'Hungry. No bus token. Please. Out of options.' He said, 'Pfft, get a job.

I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.

I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic.

I did Air America for two reasons: to be in a movie with Mel Gibson and to make a bunch of money. And then underneath there was the hope that in doing this formulaic thing I would be launched into a whole new realm of opportunity to do A-list movies. By the time we were done, the only positive thing was meeting Mel Gibson.