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" I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut. "

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" I could never hold a job for more than three months, which works out well because that's how long a movie shoots. "

" Wall Street has come to America's heartland, really. The only thing missing are the skyscrapers, you know? "

" I was a late bloomer. I tried out for the football team, and I got locked off the field. That's how I wound up in drama. "

" When I choose a movie, I'll ask myself: 'Is this a movie I want to see?' "

" I owe the little formal education I got to my drama teacher, Mr. Pickett, who got us to read Shakespeare, Moliere, and other classics. "

" When I was in my mid-20s, I traveled a lot around the world, and the question I had for everyone I talked to was, 'What is your conception of God?' I found that everybody basically felt the same: God is within and without. He's in everything. "

" I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work! I don't really have the personality for that. "

" I want to work with great people. Great people really make you better. "

" I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories. "

" It's about... my only strategy I've ever had in my career is to do as many different types of roles as possible, as many different types of genres. It keeps the fire in my belly. "

" I grew up Baptist and still go to church. I myself have explored other religions, because I want to know what it is that makes other people tick. I find we're all talking about the same thing, really - it's all God. "

" Playing Bill Clinton is really, probably, the scariest time of my career. "

" What they will do is, you know the tabloids. They'll take one element of a story that may be true and they'll build everything around it. Take a picture and invent a story around it. "

" I've had varying luck with comedy in the past, but I'd really like to give that another go. I don't know if I'd chase down a part, but if the right thing came along I could certainly see myself stepping into that zone. "

" I learned to surf for 'Soul Surfer.' Surfing is like golf: You're always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It's magic. "

" In my early teen years, I wanted to become a vet. That was my plan. I worked as a veterinarian's assistant for a couple of summers. "

" I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much. "

" God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together. "

" Clinton knew how to get things done. He was battling the Republicans, and then he basically took a lot of their agenda and made it his own. That's what Obama's not doing. "

" I love to work. I actually enjoy it now more than I did when I was in my 20s. I don't know why, but I'm just grateful. "

" If you're going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously. "

" Families need a spiritual bond with one another and with God. God is the only way you're going to make it in life, the glue that holds everything together. "

" I always wanted to be an astronaut. "

" I used to eat a lot of fish, but I've been shying away from it because of the mercury thing. I eat more beef and chicken now. "

" I love being a dad. Basically it's the most gratifying, rewarding relationship in life. But, at the same time, it certainly is the most challenging. "

" I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to. "

" I have a ranch in Montana, but it's not a real working ranch. I've always liked the outdoors. I come from Texas. My grandfather was a farmer; that's as close as I come. "

" Certainly I'm a Christian first and foremost. But I do believe in religious tolerance and finding the commonality between all of us. I think that's how we're all going to come together. "

" I don't see how it's a risky thing to take a great part with a great director and a great script. That, to me, is not really a dangerous, risky proposition. It's actually a really good choice. "