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" I trained more than anybody ever in a golf film ever made - my swing is pretty hot. "

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" I'm an only child, so I'm pretty much a loner. "

" And yeah, my handicap was down to a 10 when we were at the thick of it. I trained for six or seven months, golfing every day for six hours, seven days a week, with eight trainers. It was intense. "

" Actors live dependent on being validated by other people's opinions. I don't understand what it is I do that people want. I don't know what an actor does. I have no credentials. I don't know what I'm doing. "

" I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns. "

" I think the audience is pretty intelligent. "

" I would like to be George Clooney diplomatic. I just don't have the wherewithal yet or the inner serenity. "

" Well, you don't make any demands to Steven Spielberg. "

" And I'm not a personality; otherwise I'd be coming out with an album, performing on MTV. All that stuff is possible and I can do that tomorrow. I just have no need. "

" Animation has completely changed, and I've always been a big fan. "

" If you asked an 18-year-old what they want to do with their life, and the options are 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he's probably shipping out for 'Transformers.' If you ask a 26-year-old what he wants to do, 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he'd probably pick Lars von Trier. So, my sensibilities are changing as I change. "

" Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. It's not really anything; it's just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like, you know, I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation, but talent is sort of like luck. "

" It's very weird because the 'It' guy usually is not the 'It' guy next year or even a guy that anyone is talking about. "

" When you look at golf films before us they're all - garbage or satire. A lot of sports films tend to vilify the opposition. Where the opposition becomes this big angry monster, so big you can't beat him. "

" I'm only going to work now when I'm terrified. "

" Respected, I almost want to be revered, that's what I'm chasing. "

" I want my audience to know me for my work, not because of who I'm dating or what drugs I'm on or what club I went to. "

" I don't have many actor friends. "

" Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy. "

" If I could meet my mother and marry her, I would. I would be with my mother now, if she weren't my mother, as sick as that sounds. "

" Nobody makes movies like Oliver Stone. "

" I think I'm prone to not being a good guy in relationships. "

" I'm a little territorial and defensive. I don't like having my space invaded. "

" The best movies are simple. "

" If I have enough money to eat I'm good. "

" When people ask me about my story, I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments, the big landmark checkpoints. "

" I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work. "

" When golf used to be a rich man's sport, if you were poor you could not step foot on a course. "

" They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me. "

" We're living through the twilight of American economic dominance. "

" You can go to college when you are 30 or 40. "