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" In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging. "

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" America is a country founded on guns. It's in our DNA. It's very strange but I feel better having a gun. I really do. I don't feel safe, I don't feel the house is completely safe, if I don't have one hidden somewhere. That's my thinking, right or wrong. "

" Seeing the world is the best education you can get. You see sorrow, and you also see great spirit and will to survive. "

" With sons and fathers, there's an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you. "

" I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like? "

" By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You've just got to keep moving. You can't stop. "

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" When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It's just a first impression. Then there's someone who doesn't catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren't what you would call beautiful sex symbols. "

" It took me a good decade of hiding in my house and not going outside to even, like, get my arms around this idea of celebrity, where suddenly people are looking for you to pick your nose or get a shot of you kissing some woman. It's a very discombobulating thing. "

" It's those difficult times that inform the next wonderful time, and it's a series of trade-offs, of events, of wins and losses. "

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" I would say that the directors that I've liked the most are all curious in nature - curious thinkers. They're all big questioners, I would say, first and foremost. "

" I don't feel restless, I just like to travel. "

" Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed. "

" I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination. "

" You never know when I might decide to work in a Bollywood film and do one of those dance numbers with the whole crew in the backdrop. "

" I loved 'Saturday Night Fever' when I was a kid. I couldn't believe people talked that way. It was just a whole new culture I didn't understand. I snuck into it. It was an R-rated film. So it holds a special place. "

" I grew up in Oklahoma and Missouri, and I just loved film. My folks would take us to the drive-in on summer nights, and we'd sit on the hood of the car. I just had this profound love for storytelling. "

" Man, when I'm riding with the helmet on, I'm invisible. And people just deal with me as the guy on the bike... it gives you a chance to read 'em. "

" My happiest moment is the day they call wrap and I'm free. I'm not looking back. "