I try to combine in my paintings cinematic feeling, emotional feeling, and sometimes actually writing on the page to combine all the different elements of communication.

For every guy, there is an opportunity to be a lot better than he thought he could be. We can't all be the star of the team, but we can be a star in our life. That's where you set your goal.

I watch a lot of news, and I watch musical shows because I think the music of the young people is really their news reports. They let you know how their country is going through their eyes, and about their experiences in the everyday shock of growing up.

If I'd succeeded right away at acting I wouldn't have sought out writing.

In the movies, I kill guys with an axe. In real life, I can't control a nine-year-old girl.

I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated.

Playing polo is like trying to play golf during an earthquake.