If you're gonna be a failure, at least be one at something you enjoy.

Artists die twice. First creatively. Then physically. The second one is the easiest.

There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.

It's funny because when Jason [Statham] was drowning I was filming with an iPhone. It may have been a bit insensitive but I just thought, "you know what, this was a magic moment". And I couldn't help him anyway because I didn't want to drown.

I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.

If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.

Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification.