If I've done anything intentional about my career, is that I really have not - I've chosen to try to do as many different types of things as possible. That's really what I like to 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.
I can't hit a ball more than 200 yards. I have no butt. You need a butt if you're going to hit a golf ball.
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 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.
What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots.
I really want to see the Cubs in the World Series. I really do.
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.
When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.
Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.
I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.
I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.
I've done so many movies that when I see them I don't really watch them.
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.
That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other.
If you're going to stick around in this business, you have to have the ability to reinvent yourself, whether consciously or unconsciously.
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.
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.
Jesus himself talked about prayer and meditation. Anything that brings you closer to the Lord, what's wrong with that?
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.
