The bike accident caused me to start talking about spiritual truths. This accident - where I faced my own death - compelled me to talk about these truths and try to make a movie about them.

I have not walked away from Hollywood. I'm walking away from the way I personally did business in Hollywood. The budget of whatever movie I do needs to be efficient; it needs to consider what kind of resources we're using and how to be as responsible as possible.

The word contentment comes from the word content, which is what we hold inside - love, value, a feeling of a life that has meaning or purpose, a cause greater than yourself that you're a part of. These are the things that bring true happiness. As a culture, I think we need to redefine what it means to be happy.

Hope is the belief we might get it done, and faith is the knowledge we will get it done.

If you look at the Bible as a whole, it's redemptive and beautiful, and it's God's love story to mankind.

What matters is who we are, not who we beat.

I love Frank Capra. He believed in the goodness of people and one man's ability to fight and often triumph.