When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances.

I only made two studio movies, that was a long time ago and obviously I removed myself. I think some of that is geographical. I live in New York and I want to work there, it's as simple as that.

He seems to want confrontation not only with the legislature and with the other elected officials, but he wants constant confrontation in order to be center stage on the television screen.

The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do.

When I do something I give everything, so it has to be something that I really want to go for.

If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it.

There are names I do not want mentioned in my home.

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

Every actor I ever meet goes, 'Ultimately I plan on having my own company and write and direct,' but yes, I too would love to write and direct a movie. I want to do a play, too. I want to do it all.

It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.

Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.

The trap is that you then just start doing stuff about Hollywood, which I don't really want to do.

I want every character be an outsider in some way.

We know we want to support our troops. We want to make sure that they have all the equipment they need.

So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it's a better education overall.