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" As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, 'This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever.' "

" Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it will be a blast. If it doesn't, it's still been a blast. "

" Do I make mistakes? Yeah. "

" Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing. "

" Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse tomorrow's embarrassment? "

" Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love. "

" I always look for a challenge and something that's different. "

" I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities. "

" I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning. "

" I don't care who you are, life has challenges. "

" If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, he's proselytizing.' "

" If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times. "

" I go without sleep, I just go hard. "

" I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve. "

" I like to work with people that I like hanging out with, that I admire, that are really smart and talented, and we can problem solve together. "

" I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. 'If there's no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.' That hit me, because I try to lead my life like that. "

" I love kids. I was a kid myself, once. "

" I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way. "

" I'm always around my mother and sisters. I always wanted to be a father, a husband. "

" I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my all. "

" I'm a romantic. "

" I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life. "

" Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them. "

" It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner peace in my life and it's something that has given me great stability and tools that I use. "

" I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybody comes. "

" I've been... chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the whole time. It happens all over the world, and it has certainly gotten worse. You don't know what it's like being chased by them. "

" I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it's endurance. "

" I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to. "

" I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing. "

" I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I've always given everything to it. That's kind of how I approach life. I can't help it. There's no part-way with me on anything in any area of my life. "

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