If I have any particular appeal to women, maybe it's because I listen more than other guys do and appreciate how they think and feel about things.

I try not to discriminate against genres.

I tried to find something real in essentially something thats science fiction or something-for me, anyways-not having an experience like this.

I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith.

I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor.

You can't make a movie for everybody. You can't go into it trying to alienate people, but you have to assume that you're going to.

I’ve been lucky, so lucky, working with [...] Rachel (McAdams) on The Notebook. A big draw for me, when I do a film, is who am I going to be opposite, because there’s only so much I can do on my own.