"I don't watch TV."
"I'm very lucky."
"Building a house is like producing a movie. There's no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared - or it quickly becomes costly."
"I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties."
"I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead."
"I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore."
"I do music because I can just pick up my guitar and sing, and completely satisfy, instant gratification. I don't need a script, I don't people, I don't need anything, cameras, I just have myself and my guitar, or keyboard."
"I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character."
"I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. I never want to be part of something like that, where there's an agenda there that's not about telling a story, where its someone getting on a soapbox and preaching their own beliefs onto somebody."
"Music I do just for me."
"The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified."
"In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action."
"I was an athlete when I was growing up."
"I've got to be active in life, and it's the same when I'm doing stunts in a movie: I'll do anything."
"I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls."
"When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings."
"Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life."
"Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on."
"I'm blessed to have cool roles in these big movies."
"I'm not violent."
"I'll always build houses."
"Fear is just not a part of my life - so much so that if it's involved in somebody else's life and they're close to me, I won't be around them."
"The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me."
"I have a bad sweet tooth. I'm pretty good when I have to eat well for work, but otherwise, I could eat a whole roll of raw cookie dough."
"I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money."
