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" A financial shift happened with 'Facing the Giants' and 'Fireproof,' where movies that were faith-based films were profitable. And people in Hollywood - like people in downtown U.S.A. - are out to make money. "
Money
Financial
Like
" At the core, I'm a filmmaker and a storyteller. "
Core
Filmmaker
Storyteller
" Friends don't let friends jump cars. "
Friends
Jump
" 'Gut' was my nickname. And I was picked on terribly by many, many kids. "
Kids
Many
Nickname
" Here I am sitting in the back of a cab with Catherine Zeta-Jones who is telling me Michael Douglas has fond memories of me - it just makes me feel good as a human being. "
Me
I Am
Good
" I believe that a dream un-followed turns into all kinds of bad things in the lives of those who don't pursue them. "
I Believe
Believe
Pursue
" I believe that even the worst people on the planet believe that they are somehow justified in their neurosis. "
I Believe
People
Believe
" I believe you should be a gentleman, and that's old-fashioned. "
I Believe
You
Gentleman
" I don't know that Donald Trump really cares about what the outcome is, as long as he's in charge of it. Seeing whom he can steer in which direction and how far he can push them. "
Direction
Know
Long
" If it's tough believing what you believe, then maybe it's time to move. But if you are someone who militantly enforces your opinion about anything, then you need to get out of town. "
Opinion
Time
Tough
" I had a working mother. She worked for IBM. My dad lived in another town - not very far away, but another town. So food was - I guess food was my friend. "
Far
She
Mother
" I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you. "
Never
You
Shine
" I learned at 50 that there are things that are not my department. Distribution is one of those things. "
Distribution
Those
Things
" I'm actually from Mt. Kisco, New York, which is in Westchester County, and when I auditioned for 'Dukes,' I told them I was from Snailville, Georgia, which doesn't exist, and I'd just graduated first in my class from the Georgia School of High Performance Driving, which also doesn't exist. But they bought it. "
Performance
Driving
School
" I'm a good dad and a fair husband, and I work quite a bit. "
Husband
Good
Fair
" I'm a good dad and a fair husband and I work quite a bit. That takes up a fair amount of time. "
Up
Time
Husband
" I'm from New York, I'm 53, I have my moments when I'm a nice guy, and more frequently I have my moments where I'm a middle-aged aggravated person. For years I was always the nice guy, so in life I had to pretend to be the nice guy. "
Always
New York
Moments
" I'm not a Christian for your benefit. I'm a Christian for my benefit, and how I walk my walk is my business, and how you walk your walk is your business. "
Business
Walk
Christian
" In 'Hardflip,' you have a relationship where the father and son haven't seen each other in 18 years, but they find they're very alike: pigheaded, stubborn, passionate. It's a wonderful story of how you can't get away from how similar you and your children are. "
Children
You
Son
" It infuriates me that when people forget what it's like not to be a Christian, and they get into other people's face about their life or their beliefs. It's amazing to me that people feel their relationship is so solid with God that they have enough time on their hands to question mine or to fix mine. "
Relationship
Time
God
" It's been a while since I've been to church, but you don't get unborn again. "
You
Again
Been
" It seems like people are more likely to tell you you've gotten too thin than to tell you you've gotten too fat. "
Like
More
People
" I've been involved in the offering-up-adoption-as-another-choice business for a long time. "
Time
Long
Been
" I weighed 245 pounds when I was 16 years old. I had a 44-inch waist. And that was two years before 'Dukes of Hazzard' started. "
Before
Waist
Years
" My biggest change is what is important to me, and what is not. What's worthy worrying about, and what is not. When we're younger, we tend to spend too much time worrying and going over the unnecessary. I'm no longer running the hamster wheel. "
Time
Me
Too Much
" Not many skeletons left in my closet because I invite them to dance all over the front room! "
Because
Dance
Front
" Passion is different than desire. People that are successful recognize passion. You have to be willing to work at it. I love the image of pushing a boulder uphill - it will flourish you. "
Desire
Love
Work
" People have come to me for my opinion since 'October Baby.' But, hey, look, I'm an actor who is very fortunate to be in a movie that's making wonderful noise, and hopefully helping parents and children to be a little closer. Leave me alone. I'm not talking about politics. I'm just trying to have a conversation with my own kids. "
Children
Politics
October
" Shows have a tendency to end when they're over. 'The Dukes of Hazzard' has not ended for the fans, and it has not ended for the cast or the crew, and I'm very proud to be a part of that. "
Cast
Crew
End
" Some people thrive on creating chaos and then operating through it, though usually that's presented as a female trait. "
People
Chaos
Thrive
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