Hollywood is like a stock market - you're always up and down and all around. With age, you start to invest less in the outcome of that.

I know there are actors we all want to beat up a little. I think it's important to do whatever it takes, and whatever it takes sometimes involves some physical or mental discipline. There's a lot at stake.

I think that people see that Sandra Bullock has an ability to laugh at herself and you just don't find that too often.

I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving.

Every time I've gotten myself into trouble, it's because I'm choosing a project based on a long-term career goal as opposed to something that speaks to me at the moment.

I'm one of the most fortunate guys around,I still get to do those kinds of movies, and then I get to do Green Lantern, and I get to do Buried with an auteur like Rodrigo Cortés. I enjoy that I can get away with that.

New Orleans is one of the most exciting, incredible communities in the world. There's such a rich culture and history, and there are innumerable things to do.