My father's definitely old-school. And he raised me with integrity - to be places on time, show up, and work hard.

Growing up in Hawaii, the ocean is where I'm most at home. When I'm away from it and landlocked I long for the ocean. There's something about it, I'm at peace with it.

Oliver Stone. Is that not enough?

My father's definitely old-school. And he raised me with integrity - to be places on time, show up, and work hard.

I never understood actors who could just wait around.

What Clint Eastwood meant was when you are directing and starring in a film, there's a temptation to spend more time on the other actors' performances, and then when you get to your own work, you kind of go, "Oh, yeah, well, let's cut that." And he said, "Take your time and make sure you do your work right." It's especially good advice if you're going from one career to another.

For movies like The Longest Ride, I got to hang out with cowboys at rodeos and learned how to ride a bull, essentially.