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" The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: 'If the door's shut, don't come a-knockin.' But if it's open and you're walkin' by, feel free to say, 'Hello.' "

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" I don't dislike any of my exes. If I took time to form a relationship, it's gonna hurt when we move on, but are you puttin' White-Out over all that beautiful time together? That was real time in your life. It's connected to where you are today. "

" In whatever adulation you get, there's truth and there's not truth. And wherever they dog you, and they say it was horrible - there's truth and there's not truth. It's human nature to like to read the adulation more. "

" I love good film, whether it's an independent or studio film. The independent films, I think the good ones aren't necessarily eccentric ones but they're the more specific ones. "

" When you have good friends you've been around, every time they talk, you don't give them your full attention. You don't look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you're listening, half the time, you are ignoring them. "

" I like a good pair of jeans, but I also like putting on a nice tux. I'd rather go around in a good pair of jeans that you don't wash every day, because they get more and more comfortable. "

" Any artist, the work you do, if it's a painting or if it's a performance, you hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else's life. That's what's fun about sharing art. "

" Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. "

" My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving. "

" I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out. "

" There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or people say, 'Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.' The work is to make it look effortless. That's the hard part. "

" I've read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, 'Boy I could shine here, but the story sucks.' I don't want to be part of that. "

" Romcoms are hard in a lot of ways: they're built to be buoyant. It's easy to demean them. "

" I talk to myself all the time. Just make sure you answer. "

" The best advice comes from people who don't give advice. "

" Cameras aren't guns. They can't really hurt you. "

" I like having my hands in the clay. I like the movie-making process. "

" You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now. "

" Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there's gonna come a time that you're gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it. "

" I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place. "

" I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods - that's where I'm really happy. "

" I say to the paparazzi, 'Fellas, take your shot and go.' It's just they usually find me on a beach. "

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" To bring a healthy child into this world, raise them right and watch them grow is the biggest miracle there is. "

" I don't want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover. "

" There's two sorts of fear: one you embrace and one you should listen to and turn the other way. "

" I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I'm for anything life-affirmative. I'm for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who's different. "

" When I'm surfing, I'm sure not thinking about the paparazzi. I guess if they start getting on floaties and coming out there in the water, then I might be a little upset. "

" I was raised on, 'You go get a nine-to-five job, earn your pay and work your way up.' "

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