Wall Street has come to America's heartland, really. The only thing missing are the skyscrapers, you know?
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 love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work!
I love doing independent films, but it's very hard to make a living that way.
I have always done my own stunts, and I have been in hundreds of fights in films, but I have never been in a fist fight outside the movies.
Playing Bill Clinton is really, probably, the scariest time of my career.
I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories.
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 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 owe the little formal education I got to my drama teacher, Mr. Pickett, who got us to read Shakespeare, Moliere, and other classics.
When I choose a movie, I'll ask myself: 'Is this a movie I want to see?'
There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.
I love being a dad. Basically it's the most gratifying, rewarding relationship in life. But, at the same time, it certainly is the most challenging.
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.
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.
My real-life athletic career was not very much. I played Little League baseball.
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'm not really a pitcher; I just play one in the movies.
It's great to get paid for what you love doing most. To enjoy your work. And to follow that. It's important.
What I find is that we're all human beings and that it's all very similar, what we believe. At the bottom, there's really not that much difference between Christians and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists. We all worship God.
