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" I always said I was good football player, I'm fine as an actor, but I'm a great dad. "

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" My cooking style is simple, healthy, and very basic. "

" Being a father taught me patience. And it taught me vulnerability. You don't realize how vulnerable you are when you love something else more far more than yourself. "

" When they write about real stuff like my custody battle, that's no fun. Some things have leaked out about accusations that have gone back and forth and that's just mean. It's a tactic. "

" I'm a single father, I don't like to be away from my son. So I'll go out, make a film and come back. Repeat. And it's worked out very well for the last 11 years. "

" My agent says that I'm a 'repeat business guy.' If you hire me to come do a movie, I'll be on time, know all my material, be ready to go, have a good attitude. I'm here to work, so I get hired over and over again by the same producers. If you just be a team player on set you can work so much more often. "

" The best advice I ever got - and it's the best advice I'd give anybody - is just don't believe the word 'no.' Be persistent. Persevere. Keep going. Never, ever, ever give up. "

" Any sort of bullying is a terrible thing, but I think online bullying is so much worse because it's psychological bullying. "

" By no means am I as moral as Clark Kent, by no means at all. I made a lot of mistakes and done a lot of things that are in no way, shape, or form Superman- or Clark Kent-esque. But generally, I live my life that way and try to. "

" I grew up the son of a director and grew up on sets myself, so I was the kid getting dragged around from this set to that set and I loved it. There's something about it which is really interesting. "

" I like finishing a movie and having this living, breathing thing. "

" I had some friends who were great skiers who I would hang out with, like Jonny Moseley, the Olympic moguls champion, who tried to date my sister once. "

" The thing I liked most about 'Lois & Clark,' we were a fun show. Some of the later 'Superman' stuff is so dark, but I prefer 'Superman' to be a character of light and hope. I prefer the lighter romance and humor. "

" Always believe in yourself and keep going. You don't have to have the most talent in the world. You don't have to be the smartest person in the world. If you persist and you persist and you persist, you will be successful. "

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" The human spirit and what it can go through... that's pretty inspiring. "

" My grandfather was a commander in the Navy. He was very proud of his service, and he lived his entire life as though he was still serving. "

" I wasn't banned from skiing but didn't go much in college because I couldn't afford it, and there just wasn't the time. I played football all winter, then in summer I did track and field and played volleyball. "

" Hollywood's a very weird place. I think there's less of everything except for attitude. "

" The truth is, I am conservative, but socially, I'm very liberal. "

" I don't pick my friends based on politics. "

" I did this film for less money than it costs to stay in this hotel. We shot it in 20 days. We couldn't screw up takes for fun because we didn't have enough film. "

" There are so many things about playing football that seem to me uniquely American. Anybody can succeed, anybody can play, but you've got to work hard to do it. "

" The thing that drives me more than anything else is being a father. "

" My favorite of all time will always be Christopher Reeve. He'll always be Superman in my eyes. "

" Some people believe God is involved in every little decision we make. Some people believe you're given the free will to make the decisions. Sometimes people believe God is not involved at all. "

" It was easy to be the bad guy throughout. "

" My mom is an OK cook. She'll skewer me for saying that openly, because she claims to be a very good cook. She can make about, I don't know, 10 dishes, I think, which is four dishes more than I can make. "

" Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court. "

" One of my favorite dishes, absolutely from my childhood, was something my grandmother made, on my mother's side. It was a shepherd's pie, and I really adored that. "

" I was a history major at Princeton University; I took exams in war and diplomacy, and I find those things very fascinating. "

" I'm not a song and dance man, so you're not going to see me on 'Glee' anytime soon. If you want that show to continue, keep me far away from it. "