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" When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim. "

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" I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life. "

" I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it's endurance. "

" If I don't talk about my religion, if I say I'm not discussing it or different humanitarian things I'm working on, they're like, 'He's avoiding it.' If I do talk about it, it becomes, 'Oh, he's proselytizing.' "

" Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes. "

" I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities. "

" I'm an all-or-nothing kind of person, and when I become interested in something, I give it my all. "

" As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, 'This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever.' "

" I have respect for what other people believe. What I believe in my own life is that it's a search for how I can do things better, whether it's being a better man or a better father or finding ways for myself to improve. "

" I like to work with people that I like hanging out with, that I admire, that are really smart and talented, and we can problem solve together. "

" I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing. "

" The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible. "

" Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends. "

" What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of their own life in a picture, in a scene, they get locked into a particular way to play the scene, and it lacks an immediacy. "

" Whether it's making a film or raising my children, personally I'm striving to do the right things and to learn. "

" I'm a romantic. "

" The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those moments when you surprise yourself. "

" I've been... chased by paparazzi, and they run lights, and they chase you and harass you the whole time. It happens all over the world, and it has certainly gotten worse. You don't know what it's like being chased by them. "

" When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that includes all my personal things. "

" Awards are wonderful. I've been nominated many times and I've won many awards. But my journey is not towards that. If it happens it will be a blast. If it doesn't, it's still been a blast. "

" Here's how I've lived my life: I've never been late to a set. I make films I believe in. I feel privileged to be able to do what I love. "

" I've always had the same values. Family for me has always been important. When I shoot, everybody comes. "

" I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very close, my sisters and me. "

" I go without sleep, I just go hard. "

" If you have kids, it is the most important thing to create good times. "

" I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. 'If there's no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.' That hit me, because I try to lead my life like that. "

" When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when people stared. Now I find the best thing is to just relax. Being recognized is just something you have to get used to. "

" I don't care who you are, life has challenges. "