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" How do I confront aging? With a wonder and a terror. Yeah, I'll say that. Wonder and terror. "

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" I do think there must be some kind of interaction between your living life and the life that goes on from here. "

" When I don't feel free and can't do what I want I just react. I go against it. "

" Grief changes shape, but it never ends. "

" The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way. "

" I don't know the law, the kind of law of quantity and quality, but I think the opportunity of people being able to express themselves and to have the means of production is a great thing. It's also changing how we're telling stories. "

" You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and it's something I hope to continue because it's interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor. "

" Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to get the whole mid-life crisis package. "

" Eventually, it came to this place like, 'I'd like to direct, but I need to find the story to tell.' 'Man of Tai Chi' became the story to tell. "

" I am waiting for the right story to tell. Just like 'Man of Tai Chi' just seemed to be the right story to tell. So I'm looking for that. Because I really love directing. I love developing the story. I love actors. I love the cinema of it, the way that you tell a story visually. "

" I think the form, the Hollywood movie, I think the quality is obviously always going to be there and I think that the question of taste, there's always a question of taste. "

" But I think we're also just talking about the literacy of the audience. The visual literacy of the audience. They've seen so many images now, especially here in the States. There's so much to look at, to watch. So the visual storytelling literacy is harder to impress. "

" Artists are losing the choice to use film. People have a love for it - the grain, how it feels, the texture. "

" Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together. "

" I've had the opportunity to work with so many great directors. Different styles, as well, like Gus Van Sant. He just does the casting and the milieu and let's you do your thing, quietly. Bertolucci, who can talk to you about your internal world in quite a creative way or just say, 'Well, put your hand over here.' "

" 'Speed' and 'Point Break' were a lot of running and jumping, and then 'The Matrix Trilogy' had a lot of fights and wire work and green screen elements. "

" Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things. "

" I have definitely been curious and involved in the process; even as a young actor. I was always looking at where the camera was, what story it was telling. And as my experience grew, I wanted to know even more. "

" When the people you love are gone, you're alone. "

" Sure I believe in God and the Devil, but they don't have to have pitchforks and a long white beard. "

" I mean, if you didn't get it or if you didn't feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change. "

" But I did 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.' They made a cereal out of it, so once you've had a cereal, it doesn't get much more surreal than that. Surreal cereal. "

" I used to have nightmares that they would put 'He played Ted' on my tombstone. "

" It's the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world. "

" I want to make a good, solid kung fu movie. "

" Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic. "

" I've been pleased to work with so many wonderful stars through the years. This has been an amazing journey. I hope it continues. "

" I was always interested - I mean, it's kind of part of your job - I was always interested in the camera. "

" Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail. "

" Kissing someone is pretty intimate, actually very intimate, and your heart always kind of skips a beat before you do that. "

" I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people. "