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" A horrible script 99 percent of the time means a horrible movie. But if you start with a good script, odds are you're going to have a good movie. "
You
Good Movie
Odds
" Directing, I just feel comfortable. I know what I want. I know what I want from my crew. I lead by example. I have limitless energy as a director. "
Energy
Lead By Example
Know
" Finding the discipline, the motivation, the focus, the passion to sit down in front of a blank piece of paper or a blank computer screen every day and then to make it come alive with characters and with plot is incredibly exciting and at the same time terrifying and frustrating, and sometimes it comes easy and sometimes it comes really hard. "
Discipline
Day
Time
" I always had a separate life than just my work. I built my own family. I have my own hobbies and interests. I have a ranch with livestock and horses. I didn't always get my self-esteem and identity from acting. I never worked unless I wanted to. I never did anything just to do it, just for the paycheck. I always did things that I liked. "
Identity
Work
Life
" I always knew I was going to be a family man. "
Man
Family
Family Man
" I always thought I had a problem socially, because I was pulled out of school so early. I had a tough time talking to other kids and being comfortable with them. "
School
Problem
Time
" I became a country music fan in 1990 when I moved to Colorado. It was my first exposure to it because I'm from a city. I've been a fan of country music ever since. "
Colorado
Music
First
" I demand excellence from the people I work with. "
Excellence
Work
People
" I did a lot of gasoline commercials - Hess, Texaco. I was part of the family in the car, the little brat in the back. "
Back
Brat
Car
" I didn't choose 'Silver Spoons'. I think my mom and agent chose it because at that time there was a lack of patience on some of the people that were in charge of my career. I think there was a big offer on the table, and I think they took it. "
Think
Big
Mom
" I didn't grow up around wild horses, no. But I've appreciated their beauty and their power ever since I can remember. "
Remember
Beauty
Wild
" I didn't take the reins of my career until I was about 21, and I've been in charge since then. "
Been
Career
Charge
" I don't have an iPod. I mean, I have a couple. Doesn't everyone? But I don't use it. I need to because I go to the gym now, and I'm tired of listening to morning radio. I want some music! I do have a video iPod, but I don't use it either. "
Tired
Listening
Gym
" I don't know why it is, but sometimes I feel like I'm 60. It's like I've been around for a long time. I felt that way even when I was 8. "
Way
Feel
Know
" I don't like doing movies that are meaningless or unrealistic. I like things with a lot of reality to them. I'm a pretty serious kind of person myself. Things affect me. "
Movies
Reality
Serious
" I don't wilt easily, and a director can't either. He's the captain of the ship and he's got to be in total control. He also has to have respect for the people he's working for. From being an actor and being on a set my whole life, I'm very comfortable there. And I'm not afraid. "
Life
People
Respect
" I feel cheesy when I see 'Silver Spoons.' Some of it was funny, but some of it was just cheese! My kids love it, but I look at it and cringe. "
Feel
Cheese
Silver
" I feel like I'm a fighter. I've fought my whole life to get to where I'm at. I like fight movies. When someone gets knocked down, I like to root for him to succeed. "
Feel
Succeed
Down
" If the Indian people want stories written about themselves, how they want them told, they are going to have to make them, they're going to have to finance them. If you let Hollywood do it, Hollywood is going to get it wrong most of the time. "
Want
Wrong
You
" I have a career I am proud of as a child actor. I'm not running away from it or embarassed with anything I did. "
Away
I Am
Proud
" I have a great family myself so I know if you don't have a family you've got nothing. Nothing else can take the place of the family - not girlfriends or a career. "
Great
Know
Myself
" I have a real eclectic taste for work, for movies, for characters and jobs. "
Work
Real
Jobs
" I have been a huge nerd to my kids. I haven't done the cool movies that they like. With '24,' I gained a lot of respect. '24' is now, it's hip, it's their generation. "
Done
Generation
Movies
" I have fond memories of my childhood. I spent five wonderful years on a popular TV show, but I didn't have a normal childhood. I was tutored for grades 4-11. "
Childhood
Memories
Normal
" I love being on set, because I've basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will. "
Now
You
Ship
" I love horror. I love 'The Shining,' 'Friday the 13th,' 'Halloween,' all those kinds of things. I love zombies, especially '28 Days Later' and '28 Weeks Later,' where the zombies are going faster than the George Romero ones. I love being scared; there's something that's awesome about your heart rate going up like that. "
Heart
Friday
Love
" I'm absolutely an optimist. It's the only way to get through life. "
Only
Get
Life
" I met the Queen, the Pope, and we went all over Europe and Asia. I just wish I was older when I did all this. Then I could appreciate it more. "
Wish
Appreciate
More
" I'm really into sci-fi. The reason I'm an actor is because of 'Star Wars' - I saw that and I knew that's what I wanted to do. But most of the projects I'm offered as an actor are straightforward dramas, so I haven't really been given a chance to do that kind of role. "
Reason
Star
Role
" I never cared about money because I never needed money, you know what I mean? When I was 12 to 17 I never saw any of the money, so the money never motivated me. "
Me
Never
You
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