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I certainly knew my father. He just didn't happen to be my biological father.
How would I like to be seen? Very endearing, charming, intelligent, handsome.
I will make action movies, I think, for a few more years, another five years.
I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.
When you think about an apple, you also think about the opposite of an apple.
I was always realistic about the fact I wanted to be involved with big films.
Every man goes through a period of thinking they're attracted to another guy.
In a weird way, I live vicariously through the characters I play as an actor.
I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?
Maxims are often quoted by those who stand in more need of their application.
The acting in Downton Abbey has been consistently excellent across the board.
I saw my wife at a pool, flipped over her, and 14 days later we were married.
There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target.
Fortunately, I've also been an electrician, and that's a happy memory for me.
I love performing. There is an ego in me that loves to be in front of people.
I spend my money on holidays and eating out, and it allows me to be generous.
I am in the public eye, and I accept that my actions may be open to question.
I really like playing people who are exciting to watch and who burn brightly.
As an actor you have to get used to receiving gentle little pies in the face.
With 'The Crazy Ones,' we were really encouraged to improv and go off script.
Poker is just a hobby I'm passionate about. It's not supposed to bring glory.
Jerry Seinfeld made a puddle, I stepped in it, and wonderful things happened.
I've heard every pie joke in the book. I'm still waiting for an original one.
Stuff with a group, stuff where there are other people around, I'll try that.
I could release myself into acting in a way that I was not released socially.
As a Polynesian, our gods are tied to water, so this means something special.
Never categorize yourself, society does that to you, don't do it to yourself.
Guy Ritchie, he thinks going to drama school is the worst thing in the world.
Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.
I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.
The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.
I gravitated to acting out of a mixture of instinct, naivete and opportunity.
I'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western.
I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough.
Before the eighth grade, I probably went to seven or eight different schools.
You can't make people who you want them to be. That was a hard lesson for me.
I want to be remembered as a great actor - and a shining example of humanity.
I can be your best friend or your worst enemy. You seem to prefer the latter.
I like to enjoy life, I like to engage in life, so I would say I'm a yes man.
My favorite sci-fi movie of all time is 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.'
Is it that your dream is unattainable or is it that you have the wrong dream?
I like working all the time. I hate taking breaks. I don't like the weekends.
There are great actors we'll never see just because they haven't had my luck.
I remember being bullied at school, and I remember being cruel to other kids.
Polo is like playing golf with a saddle, and there are a lot of moving parts.
I remember watching Jodie Foster in Contact, and that kind of opened my eyes.
People are transported to that space that Poe wanted to make available to us.
There's an amazing documentary, 'The Day After Trinity,' which is crazy good.
I find people attractive for more subtle reasons than just the way they look.
I'm a big fan of the 'Harry Potter' movies and 'The Lord of the Rings' films.