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

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" In aviation they have auto pilot and color radar and a lot of other instrumentation that is a backup for pilots. It's really brought the incidents of plane crashes way down. Same thing ought to happen in the medical industry, I think. "

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

" I'd love to do a golf movie. I turned down Don Johnson's role in 'Tin Cup.' I regret that. "

" I was a guy back in the Eighties who was one movie away from a huge career, which at that time didn't happen. In the Nineties, I worked a lot, but it was kind of, 'Get out there and dig and find things.' Then I guess 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven' were referred to as my comeback. "

" I'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies. "

" 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 was a really avid bowler when I was a teenager. I had about a 210-220 average. I had blisters on my fingers. "

" 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 always wanted to be an astronaut. "

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

" Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death. "

" 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. "

" Jesus himself talked about prayer and meditation. Anything that brings you closer to the Lord, what's wrong with that? "

" 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 would like my kids to follow their bliss. "

" That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other. "

" I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do. "

" There's no way that I could do a 9 to 5 job. There's no way. I was not cut out for that. You come in and you work for three months on the one job. They say, 'Great,' you know, and you're on to the next one - and you never even got fired. It's wonderful. "

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

" I guess I could say I'm an actor, which I am, but that sounds like I'm putting down being a movie star, which, let's face it, is what I've become to many people. For myself, I'm a guy who was very insecure from about age 14 until the day I hit my 30th birthday. "

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

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