"I phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said 'We saw your movie.' 'Which one?' I said. He shouted 'Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn't like?"

"I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on."

"I'm a bit of a loner, you know? I'm more quiet by nature. And coming from, you know, hillbilly country, I'm probably more reserved."

"Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within."

"Listen, I've been pretty fortunate. And if I've been underrated, it's actually been something I've been able to work with; I can surprise people. It sets me up to exceed expectations, so I don't mind."

"My happiest moment is the day they call wrap and I'm free. I'm not looking back."

"It's a violent world we live in. I don't agree with trying to hide that or cover it up."

"I've worked with some really great directors, and I'm really choosy about them because they're telling the story at the end of the day."

"I was so intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn't living an interesting life myself."

"I feel like I have to share whatever I can. You're culpable if you don't act."

"With sons and fathers, there's an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you."

"I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale."

"I loved 'Saturday Night Fever' when I was a kid. I couldn't believe people talked that way. It was just a whole new culture I didn't understand. I snuck into it. It was an R-rated film. So it holds a special place."

"I get enraged when people start telling other people how to live their lives."

"I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong."

"I find all of my performances come down to mathematics in a sense - how do you approach the problem of this character? Sometimes I crack that problem, sometimes I don't."

"At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about their day, making sure they brush their teeth, so all the tension from our day is tabled... until the next."

"I'm one of those people you hate because of genetics. It's the truth."

"Happiness is overrated. There has to be conflict in life."

"By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You've just got to keep moving. You can't stop."

"I'm satisfied with making true choices and finding the woman I love, Angie, and building a family that I love so much."

"There are no Hallmark cards that define the next chapter, or the value of a history together."

"Actions speak louder than words, and it's no more true than with your kids."

"When I was a boy, I would ask about my family history, about my bloodlines. We really didn't know that much. We had a little Indian in us from the Oklahoma Trail of Tears."

"Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed."

"Religion works. I know there's comfort there, a crash pad. It's something to explain the world and tell you there is something bigger than you, and it is going to be alright in the end. It works because it's comforting."

"I grew up in Oklahoma and Missouri, and I just loved film. My folks would take us to the drive-in on summer nights, and we'd sit on the hood of the car. I just had this profound love for storytelling."

"I'd like to design something like a city or a museum. I want to do something hands on rather than just play golf which is the sport of the religious right."

"I have very few friends. I have a handful of close friends, and I have my family, and I haven't known life to be any happier."

"My life has been about big changes."

"In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do - we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging."

"Given a chance, I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan because she's a versatile actor."

"What's valuable to me has become clearer as I've got older. To me, it's about the value of your time and your day and the value of the people you spend it with."

"A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all."

"You can't be different for different's sake, and this doesn't always work, but you have to separate yourself from the normal read. Of course, it has to be truthful. If it's not truthful, don't waste your time."

"You must lose everything in order to gain anything."

"I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism."

"We're so complex; we're mysteries to ourselves; we're difficult to each other. And then storytelling reminds us we're all the same."

"I always liked those moments of epiphany, when you have the next destination."

"Man, when I'm riding with the helmet on, I'm invisible. And people just deal with me as the guy on the bike... it gives you a chance to read 'em."

"How many stories have you read that aren't true, stories about me and Angie being married or fighting or splitting up? And when we don't split up, there's a whole new round that we've made up and we're back together again!"

"When I first started, they were trying to get me into sitcoms - I think because I had that kind of Wonder Bread look and my hair always went into place. I kept saying, 'I'm not good at sitcoms. I don't know how to do that.'"

"I have this fantasy of my older days, painting or sculpting or making things. I have this fantasy of a bike trip to Chile. I have this fantasy of flying into Morocco. But right now, it's about getting the work done and getting home to family. I have an adventure every morning, getting up."

"If I'm gonna spend however long it takes to make a movie, give up 14 hours a day for however many weeks or months, then it's very important for me to know that I'm working with people who I respect and enjoy and that we're going for something together."

"I grew up on particular movies that said something to me as a kid from Missouri, movies that showed me places I'd yet traveled, or different cultures, or explained something, or said something in a better way than I could ever say. I wanted to find the movies like that. It was less about a career than finding the films I wanted to see."

"I've always been at war with myself, for right or wrong. I don't know how to explain it more. It's universal. Some people are better at dealing with it, and they sleep with no pain - not pain, arguments. I've grown quite comfortable with being at war."

"It took me a good decade of hiding in my house and not going outside to even, like, get my arms around this idea of celebrity, where suddenly people are looking for you to pick your nose or get a shot of you kissing some woman. It's a very discombobulating thing."

"When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It's just a first impression. Then there's someone who doesn't catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren't what you would call beautiful sex symbols."

"The best moments can't be preconceived. I've spent a lot of time in editing rooms, and a scene can be technically perfect, with perfect delivery and facial expression and timing, and you remember all your lines, and it is dead."

"I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that's very telling."