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" There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times. "

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" 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. "

" Family is the most important thing in life, period. "

" I've done so many movies that when I see them I don't really watch them. "

" 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. "

" Going to the golf course every day for work? That's a good job. "

" A lot of people that I started out with, I don't know where they are. I guess it takes tenacity to still be doing this, and luck, but I've been very blessed. "

" I found golf late in life, in 1990. I took some lessons and struggled. Then one day, I hit a drive that was so crisp and clean, with no vibration. There's no feeling like it. I was hooked. "

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

" My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience. "

" When I get a script, it's the only time that I get to be an audience member with the first-time experience of that movie. That's the first and only time. "

" Athletes are sort of part of the community at large. They have to be dedicated to what they do, and go through lots of peaks and valleys. And there's a lot of training that goes into their careers. It's a struggle. Very dramatic. "

" I still have my original love for acting. That's why I feel so lucky. I think that's what sustains me in the sort of leaner times. "

" I grew up in Houston, and I remember we had separate drinking fountains, and black people sat in the balcony of the theater... We had an African-American housekeeper growing up who was really like my second mother. I thought it was silly - hatred just because of the color of somebody's skin. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I always wanted to be an astronaut. "

" Your partner has to live with the best and the worst part of you, and they're affected by it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I spent a weekend in the White House with President Clinton, back in '99, I guess. We played golf and just hung out and talked on many subjects. I saw him several times subsequently in L.A. He's the smartest man I ever met, a great politician. Everybody was star struck around him. "

" I try to be eclectic in my choice of films. If I've done anything that's intentional in my career, it's to try to do as many different types of characters and as many different types of genres of movies that I can. "

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

" 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'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow. "

" 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 like acting and being a musician. It's like comparing apples and oranges. But I really like my day job. I've always played music since I was 12, and I guess I always will. "

" I would like to work with Todd Phillips of 'The Hangover'. I would like to do more comedies; it would be a lot of fun. No actors in particular. I don't consciously seek out things to do. "

" I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted. "

" For many years, I was obsessed about what I was eating, how many calories it had, and how much exercise I'd have to do. "