I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.
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I was – my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.
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I didn’t want anybody’s name on my backside. I personally don’t like to wear clothing that is named for somebody or has someone’s likeness all over it.
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Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.
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If you can be mentally stimulated by the workout and find out how to get through it, it’s more fun.
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There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, ‘Oh, you’re playing yourself.’ I guess it’s kind of a compliment.
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You want to be a writer? Start writing. You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now.
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I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.
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I don’t know how to work a room. It’s a real skill.
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See, ‘A Time to Kill’ was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do.
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Or people say, ‘Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.’ The work is to make it look effortless. That’s the hard part.
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I think most defense attorneys know, to some extent, their clients are guilty.
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I don’t choose to insulate myself in engaging in real life. Hence, the public kind of almost knows me as much through my real life that they see through the rag mags.
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I’d rather go around in a good pair of jeans that you don’t wash every day, because they get more and more comfortable.
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Even as a kid, I wore J.C. Penney plain-pocket jeans because they were plain pockets.
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There are certain nights you and your image just aren’t in the same bed.
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We have a big appetite for putting people down but, at the heart of everyone, there’s enough room for all of us to succeed.
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I love Los Angeles, and it’s been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the stories, who’s living them?
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Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.
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You hope it translates to a common denominator with the people that they see something in their own life in there. Or they see something in somebody else’s life. That’s what’s fun about sharing art.
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I’ve been in a couple of weddings where the coolest people that were the most day before so mellow and then the day of the wedding freaking out.
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I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art.
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I’m a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They’re great for you limber-wise, they’re great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.
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I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative.
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You don’t play characters that are celebrities – you play guys who know what to do when their septic tank’s blocked.
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I’ve got incredible support from my wife and family and people around me. I’ve got great people around me who handle anything on the outside, business-wise, who help free me up to create in my job.
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I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.
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